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Atlanta

City in Georgia, United StatesAtlanta stands in the north of the US state of Georgia, among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, about 300 m above sea level.

What it's known for

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of Georgia. In the 1950s and 1960s it was a major organizing centre of the American civil rights movement, and in 1996 it hosted the Summer Olympics. It is often called 'The City in a Forest' because of its many trees.

Fun facts

  1. Atlanta began as the end point of a state railroad, and the settlement was first known as Terminus.
  2. Coca-Cola was invented in Atlanta by John Stith Pemberton and first sold at Jacob's Pharmacy there on 8 May 1886.
  3. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta on 15 January 1929, and he is buried in the city.

Finding it on the globe

Find Georgia, the state just north of Florida, then aim at its northern part, a little west of the middle and far inland from the Atlantic coast.

Easy to mix up

This is Georgia the US state, not the country Georgia, whose capital is Tbilisi. Atlanta is the capital of the state.

Sources: Wikipedia: Atlanta, Wikipedia: Coca-Cola, Wikipedia: Martin Luther King Jr.