Albany, Georgia

**Albany** adalah sebuah kota di wilayah negara bagian Georgia dan ibu kota pemerintahanan Dougherty County, Amerika Serikat. Letaknya di barat daya Georgia, dan merupakan kota utama pada Albany, Georgia metropolitan area. Jumlah penduduknya 77.434 jiwa menurut Sensus Amerika Serikat 2010, menjadikannya kota terbesar kedelapan di Georgia.

## Sejarah
Area kota Albany sekarang dulunya dihuni oleh Creek Indians, yang menyebut tempat itu *Thronateeska* berdasarkan kata "flint" karena penemuan bahan mineral flint di dekat sungai. Orang Creek menggunakan *flintstone* ini untuk membuat peralatan dan senjata misalnya kepala anak panah.

Permukiman orang kulit putih dimulai oleh Nelson Tift, seorang pengusaha dari Connecticut, yang menguasai tanah sepanjang Sungai Flint pada bulan Oktober 1836 setelah pengusiran orang Indian. Orang Creek dipaksa untuk pindah ke Indian Territory di sebelah barat sungai Mississippi. Tift menamai kota barunya "Albany" seperti ibu kota negara bagian New York; keduanya sama-sama terletak di hulu sungai-sungai yang dapat dilayari. Alexander Shotwell membuat tata kota pada tahun 1836. Tempat itu di-inkorporasi sebagai kota berdasarkan peraturan General Assembly of Georgia pada tanggal 27 Desember 1838.

## Geografi
Albany terletak pada koordinat (31.582273, −84.165557). Berlokasi di daerah yang subur sepanjang sejarahnya di dataran pantai East Gulf, pada tepian sungai Flint.

### Topografi
Albany terletak di Upper Coastal Plain Georgia.

### Lokasi
Albany terletak di bagian barat daya Georgia,  southeast of Columbus,  sebelah selatan kota Atlanta,  sebelah barat daya Macon,  sebelah barat dari Tifton, dan  barat laut dari Valdosta.

## Iklim

## Demografi

## Ekonomi

### Perusahaan bukan pemerintah pemakai tenaga kerja terbesar di Dougherty County
*(tidak termasuk City of Albany, Dougherty County, dan [[Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany]])*
* Albany State University
* AT&T
* Coats and Clark, Inc.
* Miller Brewing Company
* Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
* Procter & Gamble
* Pfizer Inc.
* Teleperformance USA
* United Parcel Service

### Perusahaan terkemuka
* Georgia Pacific Corp.
* Kendrick Brothers Productions
* Mars, Incorporated
* Mediacom
* Nilo Pecans
* Sherwood Pictures
* Thrush Aircraft
* Procter & Gamble
* Miller Brewery
* Pfizer Inc.

## Seni dan budaya

### Museum dan seni

* Albany Area Arts Council
* The Albany Chorale
* Albany Civic Center
* The Albany Concert Association
* Albany Civil Rights Institute
* Albany Municipal Auditorium
* Albany Museum of Art
* Ballet Theatre South
* The Albany Symphony Orchestra
* Flint RiverQuarium
* The Parks at Chehaw has one of two accredited zoos in the State of Georgia
* RiverQuarium Imagination Theater
* Theatre Albany
* Thronateeska Heritage Center
* Weatherbee Planetarium
* Art Park on Pine

### Tempat bersejarah teregistrasi
* Albany District Pecan Growers' Exchange
* Albany Housefurnishing Company
* Albany Municipal Auditorium
* Albany Railroad Depot Historic District
* Bridge House (Albany, Georgia)
* Carnegie Library of Albany
* Davis-Exchange Bank Building
* John A. Davis House
* Mount Zion Baptist Church
* New Albany Hotel
* Old St. Teresa's Catholic Church
* Rosenberg Brothers Department Store
* Samuel Farkas House
* St. Nicholas Hotel
* Tift Park
* U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
* Union Station Depot
* W. E. Smith House

## Olahraga

## Monumen dan tempat wisata

* Albany Civil Rights Memorial
* Albany Railroad Depot Historic District
* Astronauts Memorial
* Confederate Memorial Park
* The Flint Riverquarium
* Freedom Flame
* Freedom Walk
* The Guardian
* Radium Springs&nbsp;– one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia
* RiverFront Park
* Ray Charles Plaza
* Royal Air Force Memorial
* Veterans Park

## Pendidikan

### Sekolah swasta
Sejumlah sekolah swasta untuk tingkat sekolah dasar dan menengah antara lain:
* Byne Memorial Baptist School
* Deerfield-Windsor School
* Far Horizons Montessori School
* Life Christian School
* New Beginning Christian School (NBCS)
* St. Teresa's Catholic School
* Sherwood Christian Academy
* The Vertical High School Academy
* Young Unlimited Minds Institute (YUMI)

### Sekolah negeri
Dougherty County School System mengoperasikan lima pusat belajar, 16 sekolah dasar negeri, 6 sekolah menengah pertama negeri, dan 4 sekolah menengah atas negeri. Semua sekolah itu diberi akreditasi oleh "Southern Association of Colleges and Schools" (SACS) dan "Georgia Accrediting Commission" (GAC). Sistem ini pada tahun ajaran 2009–2010 mencatat 15.838 murid yang diajar oleh 1.070 guru dan 198 tenaga pembantu serta personil administrasi.

## Media

### Surat kabar
* *[[The Albany Herald (newspaper)|The Albany Herald]]*
* *[[The Albany Southwest Georgian (newspaper)|The Albany Southwest Georgian]],* historically black newspaper founded by A.C. Searles
* *The Albany Journal*, published since 1939; Tom Knighton is current editor and publisher.
* *[[The Metro Gazette (newspaper)|The Metro Gazette]]* offers positive news about the community. Founded in 2010 by Judith Hampton-Thompson, graduate of the Ohio State University Journalism School.

### Stasiun televisi
* Channel 10 WALB (NBC)
* Channel 10.2 WALB-DT2 (ABC)
* Channel 14 WABW (PBS-GPB) (Pelham, Georgia)
* Channel 25 WACS (PBS-GPB) (Dawson, Georgia)
* Channel 31 WFXL (FOX)
* Channel 44 WSWG (CBS)
* Channel 44.2 WSWG-DT2 (MyNet)
* Channel 44.3 WSWG-DT3 (CW)
* Channel 55 WSST (Independent)

### Stasiun radio FM
* 88.5 W203AT (religious; translator for KEAR)
* 89.3 WBJY (religious)
* 90.3 WAEF (religious)
* 90.7 WWXC (religious, bluegrass)
* 91.7 WUNV (NPR&nbsp;– news, classical)
* 92.7 WASU (Albany State University&nbsp;– college, jazz, urban)
* 93.1 WSRD (religious, talk)
* 96.3 WJIZ (urban)
* 97.3 WRAK "973 Hit Music Now" (Top 40)
* 98.1 WMRZ "Kiss" (adult urban)
* 100.3 WOBB "B-100"(country)
* 101.7 WQVE "V101.7"(R&B & Classic Soul)
* 102.1 WNUQ "Q102" (Top 40)
* 102.5 W273AE (religious; translator for WYFK)
* 103.5 WJAD "Rock 103" (classic and mainstream rock) (Leesburg, Georgia)
* 104.5 WKAK "Nash FM" (country) *(formerly K-Country 104.5 as of June 2013)*
* 105.5 WZBN "Power 105...The King" (Holy Hip Hop and Contemporary Gospel)
* 106.1 KLOV (Christian Contemporary)
* 107.7 WEGC "Mix 107.7" (adult contemporary)

### Stasiun radio AM
* 960 WJYZ (gospel)
* 1250 WSRA (ESPN sports)
* 1450 WGPC (sports)
* 1590 WALG (news, talk)

## Tokoh terkenal

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## East Albany

*East Albany* adalah sebuah distrik di Albany.

### Subdivisi
East Albany terbagi ke dalam subdivisi sebagai berikut:
* Colonial Village Subdivision, Albany, Georgia
* East Towne Subdivision, Albany, Georgia]
* Elon Village Subdivision, Albany, Georgia
* Isabella Heights Subdivision, Albany, Georgia
* Jackson Heights Subdivision, Albany, Georgia
* Mulberry Heights Subdivision, Albany, Georgia
* Northend Subdivision, Albany, Georgia
* Woodland Acres Subdivision, Albany, Georgia

## Referensi

## Pustaka tambahan
* Carolyn Clive, Frances Davis, and Tom Liner, eds., *Glancing Backward: Albany, Georgia, 1836–1986* (Albany, Ga.: Dougherty County School System and Sesquicentennial Publication Committee, 1986).
* Lee W. Formwalt, "A Garden of Irony and Diversity," in *The New Georgia Guide* (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996).
* Joseph Winthrop Holley, *You Can't Build a Chimney from the Top: The South through the Life of a Negro Educator* (New York: William-Frederick Press, 1948).
* Thronateeska Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, *History and Reminiscences of Dougherty County, Georgia* (1924; reprint, Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Co., 1978).
* Works Progress Administration, *Historical Background of Dougherty County, 1836–1940* (Atlanta: Cherokee, 1981).

## Pranala luar

* South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive Digital Library of Georgia
* Old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse 
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