Atlanta

**Atlanta** is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the South's largest cities. Atlanta is known as a major business city. It is the home of Coca-Cola Company, CNN, AT&T, and Home Depot, as well as many other Fortune 500 companies. Atlanta's airport, called Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, is the busiest airport in the world. Atlanta is near the center of Georgia and is on the Chattahoochee River.

## History

Atlanta was built on Cherokee Native American land. It was called Terminus until 1843, when the name was changed to Marthasville. In 1845 the name was changed again to Atlanta.

During the American Civil War, Atlanta was where several battles happened. Some of the battles were the Battle of Peachtree Creek, the Battle of Atlanta, and the Battle of Ezra Church. The city was burnt down and almost entirely destroyed. After the war, the city was built again, and got a nickname because it was built so fast: "the Phoenix City", after the bird which burns itself then rises from the ashes in old myths. A picture of the bird is on the city seal.

Atlanta became the state capital in 1868.

There have been racial problems in Atlanta. During riots in 1906, at least 12 people died and more than 70 other people were hurt. In 1913, a Jewish man named Leo Frank was tried in court for raping and killing a girl in a factory where he worked. He was found guilty, but then the government decided not to execute him because not everyone was convinced he had done it. This upset people who thought he had killed the girl, and there were more riots in 1915 and Frank was lynched (hanged with a rope until he died).

In the 1930s, the Great Depression came to Atlanta. Many people did not have jobs and were hungry. The city government was almost out of money and the Coca-Cola company gave the city some money to help. In 1935, the government built the first federal housing project in the United States.

Atlanta's airport is named Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. It is the busiest airport in the world. Delta Air Lines is an airline that has its main office in Atlanta, and it uses Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for many of its flights.

Turner Broadcasting, which broadcasts CNN, has their main office in Atlanta. The Coca Cola Company also has their main office in Atlanta.

## Education

The City of Atlanta is home to two colleges. Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech for short, and Georgia State University. It is also home to HCBU's such as: Clark-Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College.

## TV stations

- WANF
- WXIA
- WAGA
- WSB
- WUPA
- WATL

## Events

|Year|Notes|
| --- | --- |
|1996|The Olympic Games took place in Atlanta.|
|2000|The census records Atlanta's population as 416,474 people.|

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Atlanta
- **official name**: City of Atlanta
- **settlement type**: List of capitals in the United States, State capital of Georgia
- **nicknames**: The City in a Forest, ATL, The A, Hotlanta, The Gate City, Hollywood of the South
(See also Nicknames of Atlanta)
- **motto**: _Resurgens_ (Latin for _Rising again_, alluding to the myth of the phoenix bird)
- **image skyline**: <imagemap>File:Atlanta Montage 2018.png
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- 305px
- **alt**: Atlanta montage. Clicking on an image in the picture causes the browser to load the appropriate article.
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- **imagesize**: 305px
- **image caption**: <small>From top to bottom, left to right: Downtown Atlanta skyline seen from Old Fourth Ward, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Center for Civil and Human Rights, World of Coca-Cola, CNN Center, Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Georgia), Ebenezer Baptist Church at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, the Georgia State Capitol, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Midtown Atlanta skyline from Piedmont Park, Krog Street Tunnel, and Swan House (Atlanta), Swan House at the Atlanta History Center</small>
- **image flag**: Flag of Atlanta.svg
- **image seal**: Seal of Atlanta.png
- **map caption**: Interactive map of Atlanta
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state), Counties
- **subdivision name1**: Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia
- **subdivision name2**: Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton, DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Andre Dickens (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **leader title1**: Body
- **leader name1**: Atlanta City Council
- **established title**: Terminus
- **established title2**: Marthasville
- **established title3**: City of Atlanta
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 354.22
- **area land km2**: 351.53
- **area water km2**: 2.68
- **area total sq mi**: 136.76
- **area land sq mi**: 135.73
- **area water sq mi**: 1.04
- **area urban sq mi**: 2553
- **area metro sq mi**: 8376
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 498715
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population urban**: 5,100,112
- **population density urban km2**: auto
- **population metro**: 6,104,803 (List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 9th)
- **population density metro km2**: 274.32
- **population blank1 title**: Combined statistical area, CSA
- **population blank1**: 6,976,171 (Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas, 10th)
- **population blank2 title**: Demonym
- **population blank2**: Atlantan
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, EDT
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **elevation m**: 225 to 320
- **elevation ft**: 738 to 1050
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area codes
- **area code**: Area code 404, 404/Area codes 678 and 470, 678/470/Area code 770, 770
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 30060, 30301–30322, 30324–30334, 30336–30350, 30340, 30353, 30363
- **blank1 name sec2**: Interstate Highway System, Interstates
- **blank1 info sec2**:
- **blank2 name sec2**: Rapid transit
- **blank2 info sec2**:
- **blank3 name sec2**: Primary airport
- **blank3 info sec2**: Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 13-04000
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0351615
- **population rank**: List of United States cities by population, 36th in the United States
List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), 1st in Georgia