Claim: Atlanta metropolitan area is located in north Florida.
Evidence: Metro Atlanta , designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell , GA Metropolitan Statistical Area , is the most populous metro area in the US state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area -LRB- MSA -RRB- in the United States.
Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia , with an estimated 2016 population of 472,522.