Athens, Georgie
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Athens | |
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| Athens-Clarke County | |
| Eik-name(s): "The Classic City" | |
 Location in Clarke Coonty an the state o Georgie | |
  Athens Location in Georgie | |
| Coordinates: 33°57′N 83°23′W / 33.950°N 83.383°WCoordinates: 33°57′N 83°23′W / 33.950°N 83.383°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Georgie |
| Coonty | Clarke |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Nancy Denson |
| Area | |
| • Consolidatit ceety–coonty | 306.2 km2 (118.2 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 305.0 km2 (117.8 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 194 m (636 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Consolidatit ceety–coonty | 115,452 |
| • Density | 328.8/km2 (851.5/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 192,541 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 30601, 30602, 30603, 30604, 30605, 30606, 30607, 30608, 30609, 30612 |
| Area code(s) | 706/762 |
| FIPS code | 13-03440[1] |
| Website | athensclarkecounty.com |
Athens, formally Athens-Clarke Coonty, is a unified ceety-coonty in Georgie, U.S., in the northeastren pairt o the state. The Varsity o Georgie is locatit in this college toun an is responsible for the initial growthe o the ceety. In 1991, efter a vote the precedin year, the oreeginal ceety abandoned its chairter in order tae form a unified govrenment wi Clarke County, referred tae collectively as Athens-Clarke Coonty.[2] As o the 2000 census, the consolidatit ceety-coonty (includin aw o Athens-Clarke Coonty except Winterville an a pairt o Bogart) haed a total population o 100,266. The maist recent US Census estimate (2009) placed the population at 114,983. Athens-Clarke Coonty is the fift-lairgest ceety in Georgie an the principal ceety o the Athens-Clarke Coonty, Georgie Metropolitan Statistical Aurie,[3] which haed a population o 189,264 as o the 2008 Census Bureau estimate.[4]
Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Athens haes three sister ceeties.[5]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ Athens-Clarke County Unification History Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ U.S. Whitehouse OMB Bulletin No. 05-02 Appendix (Code 12020*)
- ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (CBSA-EST2007-01)" (CSV). 2007 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 27 Mairch 2008. Retrieved 28 Januar 2009.
- ↑ Museum Stuff. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
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