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The Atlanta skyline Atlanta is the capital and largest city of the state of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. It is the county seat of Fulton County, although a portion of the city (the 1909 annex) is located in DeKalb County (East Atlanta). Atlanta was the host city for the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics. The city is also host to four different major league sports.
As of the 2000 census, the city proper had a population of 416,474; greater metropolitan Atlanta had a population of 4,247,981 (a 38.4% increase since 1990), making it the 11th largest metro area in the US. CNN and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution have reported that the city's explosive growth, both in geographic size and number of inhabitants, is the fastest of any metropolitan area in the history of the world.
Among Atlanta's nicknames is "the phoenix city", as its rise from the ashes of the Civil WarThe American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as "the U. the Union," " the North," or "the Yankees"; and the seceding southern states, commonly referred to as "the Confederat resembles that of a mythical phoenixFor other uses of the name Phoenix, see Phoenix (disambiguation The phoenix (also rarely spelled phenix is a mythical bird, sacred in ancient Egypt. Said to live for 500 or for 1461 years, the phoenix is a solitary male bird with beautiful gold and red pl. It is also called the " New York of the South." Due to its focus on commerce and role as birthplace to civil rights leaders, Atlanta is often referred to as "the city too busy to hate." Locals sometimes affectionately call the city "Hotlanta."
The city of Atlanta operates the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International AirportHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and is one of two airports considered the busiest airport in the world. Its IATA airport code is ATL its ICAO airport code is KATL . History Hartsfield-Jackson had its b, one of two airports considered the busiest in the world. MARTAMARTA is the common name for Atlanta's rapid transit system, consisting of a network of bus routes linked to a heavy rail metro system. It is operated by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Shoppers in Fulton and DeKalb counties pay an extra is the public transit agencyIn philosophy, law, and other fields, agency is the status of an agent . In philosophy, agency is the capacity to choose actions, normally held to apply only to humans. See human agency. In sociology, agency is the ability of an actor (usually a person, b, operating the subwayThis page refers to urban rail mass transit systems. For other uses see metro (disambiguation metro in Athens, Greece double as museums with displays of antiquities found in excavations of its tunnels in the historic city. A Metro is a form of mass transi and bus system.
Atlanta is the fifth city to serve as state capital, after colonial Savannah, which later alternated with Augusta; then for a decade at Louisville, and from 1806 through the American Civil War at Milledgeville. The state's legislature also met at other temporary sites, including Macon, especially during the Civil War.
The region where Atlanta and its suburbs were built was originally Creek and Cherokee (" indian") territory. After they were deported to Oklahoma along the Trail of Tears by the Federal government, white settlement in this area increased rapidly.
Atlanta was first planned in 1836 as a terminus on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, hence the original name, Terminus. The railroad terminus for lines connecting from Birmingham, Chattanooga, Macon, Athens, etc. was originally intended to be in Decatur, but the citizens of Decatur did not want a railroad terminal. So an arbitrary spot was picked, around which the village of Terminus grew up in expectation of railroad traffic. After briefly being named Marthasville, the city was renamed "Atlanta" in 1847, by which time several of the railroad lines were already in operation. Besides Decatur, several other of what are now Atlanta's suburbs pre-date the city by several years, including Marietta and Lawrenceville.
In 1864, the city became the target of a major Union invasion in the American Civil War and scene of the Battle of Atlanta, later immortalized in the novel and film Gone With the Wind. On September 1, 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuated Atlanta after a four month siege mounted by Union General William T. Sherman, and ordered all public buildings and possible union assests destroyed. Forces under General Sherman entered Atlanta the next day and Sherman ordered the civilian population to evacuate on September 7. General Sherman ordered Atlanta burned to the ground on November 11 in preparation for his punitive march south. Because of a plea by Father Thomas O'Reilly of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Sherman did not burn the city's churches or hospitals. The remainder of war resources were then destroyed in the aftermath and in Sherman's March to the Sea. The fall of Atlanta is seen as a critical point in the Civil War, giving the North more confidence, leading to the re-election of Abraham Lincoln and the eventual surrender of the South.
Atlanta was gradually rebuilt after the war, and soon became the industrial and commercial epicenter of the "new South".
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