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