Atlanta
Atlanta is the caipital an maist muckle ceety in the U.S. state o Georgie. In 2010 Atlanta haed an estimatit population o aboot 542,822 fowk. The Atlanta metropolitan aurie, wi mair than 5.9 million fowk, is the third lairgest in the Sootheastren Unitit States an the nint lairgest in the kintra. The Atlanta Combined Statistical Aurie, a lairger trade aurie, haes a population approachin sax million an is the lairgest in the sootheast. Like mony urban auries in the Sun Belt, the Atlanta region haes seen increasin growth syne the 1970s, an it addit aboot 1.1 million residents atween 2000 an 2008.
Atlanta is considered tae be a top business ceety an is a primary transportation hub o the Sootheastren Unitit States—via heich-gate, railroad, an air.[1][2] Atlanta contains the warld heidquarters o corporations such as The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depot, AT&T Mobility, UPS, Delta Air Lines, an Turner Broadcasting. Atlanta haes the kintra's fowert-lairgest concentration o Fortune 500 companies, an mair than 75 percent o Fortune 1000 companies hae business operations in the metropolitan aurie, helpin Atlanta realize a gross metropolitan product o US$270 billion, accoontin for mair than twa-thirds o Georgie's economy. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Internaitional Airport haes been the warld's busiest airport syne 1998.[3][4]
Atlanta is the coonty seat o Fulton Coonty an the location o the seat o govrenment o the state o Georgie. A sma portion o the ceety o Atlanta corporate limits extends eastwards intae DeKalb Coonty. Residents o Atlanta an its surroondins are kent as "Atlantans".[5]
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- ↑ Top Industry Publications Rank Atlanta as a LeadingCity for Business. | North America > United States from. AllBusiness.com. Retrieved on 5 Apryle 2010. .
- ↑ Doing Business in Atlanta, Georgia. Business.gov. Retrieved on 5 Apryle 2010. .
- ↑ MONTHLY AIRPORT TRAFFIC REPORT. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (December 2008). Retrieved on 13 Dizember 2010. .
- ↑ "DOT: Hartsfield-Jackson busiest airport, Delta had 3rd-most passengers", 2008-03-13.
- ↑ The term "Atlantans" is widely used by both local media and national media.
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