Athens, Georgia

Athens (dulu dikenal sebagai Athens-Clarke County) adalah sebuah consolidated city–county di dalam wilayah negara bagian Georgia, Amerika Serikat, di bagian timur laut negara bagian ini, mencakup bekas kota "Athens proper" (pusat pemerintahan) dan Clarke County. University of Georgia terletak di kota universitas ini, dan berkontribusi pada pertumbuhan mula-mula. Pada tahun 1991, setelah pemungutan suara pada tahun sebelumnya, kota asalnya meninggalkan charter awalnya dan membentuk suatu pemerintahan bersatu dengan Clarke County, secara kolektif menjadi "Athens-Clarke County". Sejak tahun Sensus Amerika Serikat 2010, consolidated city-county (termasuk seluruh Athens-Clarke County kecuali Winterville dan sebagian Bogart) mempunyai jumlah penduduk 115.452; seluruh Clarke County mempunyai penduduk 116.714. Athens merupakan kota terbesar ke-6 di Georgia, dan kota utama di Athens-Clarke County, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, dengan jumlah penduduk 192.541 menurut sensus tahun 2010. Athens-Clarke County mempunyai area geografi terkecil di antara semua county di Georgia.

Geografi 
Menurut United States Census Bureau, keseimbangan total area meliputi , di mana  berupa tanah dan  (0.41%) perairan.

Iklim

Lingkungan 

 Downtown
 Pulaski Heights
 Five Points
 Chicopee-Dudley

 East Side
 Boulevard
 West Side
 Newtown

 Normaltown
 Cobbham
 Beechwood
 Briarcliff
 Carr's Hill

Demografi

Pendidikan

Clarke County School District 
Clarke County School District mendukung pendidikan dari kelas pra sekolah dasar sampai kelas 12. Distrik ini mencakup 14 sekolah dasar, 4 sekolah menengah pertama dan 3 sekolah menengah atas (satu non-tradisional). Distrik ini mencatat 791 guru full-time dan 11.457 murid pada tahun 2010.

Sekolah swasta 

 Athens Christian School (grades K-12)
 Athens Montessori School (grades K-8)
 Downtown Academy (grades K-3)
 Saint Joseph Catholic School (grades K-8)
 Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School (grades 9–12)

College dan universitas 
 The University of Georgia (UGA), the state's flagship public research university, is the oldest and largest institution of higher learning in Georgia. Founded in 1785, it was the first state-chartered university in the United States.
 Athens Technical College is a Technical College System of Georgia public college. It offers certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees in business, health, technical, and manufacturing-related fields.
 Piedmont College established a campus in Athens in 1995.

Media

Surat kabar 
Athens Banner-Herald publishes daily. UGA has an independent weekly newspaper, The Red & Black. Flagpole Magazine is an alternative newspaper publishing weekly.

Radio dan televisi 
Stasiun radio lokal meliputi:
 WPLP-LP 93.3 FM, Athens Community Rock Station, Bulldog
 WPUP 100.1 FM, Athens top 40 station featuring all of today's hits. Owned by Cox Radio
 WMSL 88.9 FM, a religious station featuring traditional Christian music and teaching
 WUOG 90.5 FM, UGA's student-run radio station
 WUGA 91.7 and 97.9 FM, an affiliate of Georgia Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio also broadcasting from the UGA campus
 WPPP-LP 100.7 FM (Hot 100), a low-power, non-commercial alternative/progressive rock station
 WRFC (AM) 960 AM, ESPN Radio (formerly Athens' local Top 40 music station during the 1960s and 1970s). Owned by Cox Radio.
 WGAU 1340 AM, news and talk. Owned by Cox Radio.
 WXAG 1470 AM, urban gospel music

Kota kembar 

Athens mempunyai tiga kota kembar.
  Atena, Yunani
  Cortona, Italia
  Iaşi, Rumania

Tokoh terkenal

Referensi

Pustaka tambahan 

 Michael J. Gagnon, Transition to an Industrial South: Athens, Georgia, 1830-1870. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2012.

Pranala luar 

 Athens-Clarke County Guide 
 Athens-Clarke city/county government official site
 OnlineAthens – Athens Banner-Herald
 Athens profile, Georgia Encyclopedia
 Athens Historic Newspapers Archive in the Digital Library of Georgia
 Georgia Music Hall of Fame
 Athens-Clarke County Library
 Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia by Ernest C. Hynds in the Digital Library of Georgia

 
Athens – Clarke County metropolitan area
Georgia, Amerika Serikat
Pendirian tahun 1806
Clarke County, Georgia