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Atlanta`s Facts
- Atlanta has been
Georgia`s capital
since 1868 part of
the state, in the
foothill of the blue
ridge mountains
- According to the 1990 census, Atlanta
had 394,017 people. the surounding
metropolitan area, however, is far
larger with a population of nearly 3
million. About 40 percent of
Georgia`s people live in metropolitan
Atlanta
- Almost 70 percent of the people
who live within the city limits are
Africans Americans.
- Atlanta is
one of the
most
beatiful
places to
visit for this
reason 8.5
million
visitors
came in the
summer of
1996
- The majority of
Atlantants are
protestants-southern
Baptists, Methodists,
Presbyterians, or other
denominations.The city
also has many Roman
catholic churches.
- In 1888, the city of Atlanta
adopted the phoenix as its
symbol.Like the phoenix,
Atlanta was destroyed by
fire and sprang to life once
more