Atlanta Georgia - Government. Atlanta is governed by an at-large elected mayor and a city council. The city council consists of representatives of twelve districts from the city as well as three at-large positions. The mayor may veto a bill passed by the council, but the council may override with a two-thirds majority. The current mayor of Atlanta is Shirley Franklin. Possibly owing to the city's African American majority, each mayor elected since 1973 has been black; the uninterrupted string of black mayo ...

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 343.0 km² (132.4 mi²). 341.2 km² (131.8 mi²) of it is land and 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.51% water. At about 1000 feet or 300 meters above mean sea level, Atlanta sits atop a ridge south of the Chattahoochee River. Amongst the 25 largest MSAs, Atlanta is the third-highest in elevation, slightly lower t ...

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Atlanta is the capital of and largest city in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County, although a portion of the city (the 1909 annex) is located in DeKalb County. According to the latest census estimates (as of December, 2004), the city has a population of 425,000 and the Atlanta metropolitan area totaled 4,708,297, making it the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the United States and the 41st-largest city proper. Atlanta is arguably a poster-child for cities worldwide experiencing rapid urban sprawl, popul ...

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National Football League (1966-present) Eastern Conference (1966-1969) Coastal Division (1967-1969) National Football Conference (1970-present) NFC West (1970-2001) NFC South (2002-present) Atlanta Falcons (1966-present) NFC: 1998 NFC West: 1980, 1998 NFC South: 2004 Atlanta Fulton County Stadium (1966-19 ...

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Augusta is a city located in the state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population is 199,775. In 1996, the governments of the City of Augusta and Richmond County combined to form a single governing body known as Augusta-Richmond County. Augusta is located on the Georgia/South Carolina border, about 150 miles east of Atlanta. It is the second largest city and second largest metropolitan area in the state. Augusta is the birthplace of the Southern Baptist denomination, and the location of Springfield Baptist Church, the oldest ...

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The University of Georgia, located approximately 70 miles north-east of Atlanta in Athens, Georgia, is the largest and leading institution of higher learning and research in the State of Georgia. It was the first state-chartered university in the United States, making it the birthplace of the American system of public higher education. It was incorporated January 27, 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly, which gave its trustees, the Senatus Academicus of the University of Georgia, 40,000 acres (160 km²) for the purposes of fou ...

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Two major American professional sports teams have existed under the name Boston Braves, both of which still exist today but are no longer located in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Braves, founded in 1871, are a team in the National League of Major League Baseball. In 1953 they moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to become the Milwaukee Braves. In 1966 they moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where they now play as the Atlanta Braves. For a detailed team history, see Atlanta Braves. The

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Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held, with the four highest ranked teams advancing. For the semifinals, the 1st place team played the 4th place team and the 2nd place team played against the 3rd place team. The winners of those semifinals competed against each other for the gold medal, with the loser getting the silver meda ...

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 343.0 km² (132.4 mi²). 341.2 km² (131.8 mi²) of it is land and 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.51% water. At about 1000 feet or 300 meters above mean sea level, Atlanta sits atop a ridge south of the Chattahoochee River. Amongst the 25 largest MSAs, Atlanta is the third-highest in elevation, slightly lower ...

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Despite romantic associations, Atlanta has always been more a commercial city than an ante-bellum monument. It is the major center of regional commerce, and boasts an especially strong convention and trade show business. According to the ranking of world cities undertaken by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network (GaWC) and based on the level of presence of global corporate service organisations, Atlanta is considere ...

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The region where Atlanta and its suburbs were built was originally Creek and Cherokee Native American territory. The Creek land in the eastern part of the metro area (including Decatur) was opened to white settlement in 1823. In 1835, leaders of the Cherokee nation ceded their land to the government in exchange for land out west under the Treaty of New Echota, and act that eventually led to the Trail of Tears. In 1836 the Georgia General Assembly voted to build the Western and Atlantic Railroad to provide a trade route to the Midwest, with t ...

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Atlanta, Georgia - Demographics. The census of 2000 states there are 416,474 people, (423,019 as of 2003 estimates), 168,147 households, and 83,232 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,221/km² (3,161/mi²). There are 186,925 housing units at an average density of 548/km² (1,419/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 61.39% Black, 33.22% White,1.93% Asian,, 0.18% Native American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.99% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. 4.49% of the population are H ...

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Timeline / Important Years 1965 - The Atlanta Falcons are born. NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, grants ownership to Rankin M. Smith Sr. They draft Tommy Nobis, LB, University of Texas with the 1st pick of the 1966 NFL Draft held on November 27, 1965, making him the first ever Falcon. 1966 - The Falcons play their first NFL season. After losing their first nine games, the Falcons would get their first franchise win against the New York Giants 26-14. Despite ending their inaugural season at 3-11, the aforementioned ...

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Emory University - Early days in Oxford Georgia. On 10 December 1836, Emory College was chartered by the Georgia Methodist conference, and located its campus in Oxford, Georgia, where it began admitting students in 1838. It was intended to provide young men education through manual (mostly agricultural) labor and scholarship. For the duration of the nineteenth century it remained a small college and offered to students a classical curriculum, striving to educate young men for a wide range of professions. Its stud ...

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Emory College is the undergraduate institution with 50 majors leading to a bachelor's degree. It enrolls around 6,000 students. Oxford College of Emory University is located in Oxford, Georgia and enrolls 600 students. Students at Oxford traditionally complete their first two years of their degree, then automatically continue on to Emory College to complete their degree. The College is renowned for its programs in Art History, History, Biology, Chemistry, and Political Science, among other programs, and sen ...

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Emory's sports teams are called the Eagles. They participate in the NCAA's Division III and the University Athletic Association. Not surprisingly, the eagle mascot of the university is named "Swoop." The previous Emory eagle logo, in use since the 1980s, underwent a redesign, and was replaced during Summer 2005. Emory has a curious history of resisting intercollegiate athletic competition. To this day, the school fields no football team, prompting T-shirts that humorously claim that the Emory football team is "still undefeated," havin ...

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Murphy, Niekro, Aaron, and Paul Richards, a former major league catcher and manager who served as Braves vice president 1966-72, are also members of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. Mathews is the only player to have played for the Braves in all three cities. ...

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Murphy, Niekro, Aaron, and Paul Richards, a former major league catcher and manager who served as Braves vice president 1966-72, are also members of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. Mathews is the only player to have played for the Braves in all three cities. ...

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Georgia U.S. state - Colleges and universities. Private schools= † Agnes Scott College in Decatur [1] American Intercontinental University [2] in Dunwoody [3] in Buckhead (Atlanta) [4] Art Institute of Atlanta in Atlanta [5] Atlanta Christian College† in Atlanta [6] Atlanta College of Art in Atlanta [7] Berry College in Mount Berry [8] Brenau University in Gainesville [9] Brewton-Parker College in Mount V ...

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