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"Chicago of the South" "Convention City of Dixie Land" An 1859 industrial journal was among the first to note nicknames for Atlanta, Georgia: [1]. An orator claimed for it the signification of "a city among the hills" while a writer has declared that it was the opposite of "rus in urbe" ("country in the city") and proclaimed it "'the city in the woods".
The city of Atlanta was the subject of a massive cyberattack which began in March 2018. [79] In December 2019, Atlanta hosted the Miss Universe 2019 pageant competition. [80] [81] [82] On June 16, 2022, Atlanta was selected as a host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. [83]
South Fulton is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States in the Atlanta metropolitan area.It was incorporated in 2017 from parts of southwest Fulton County and includes the communities of Red Oak, Cooks Crossing, Stonewall, Fife, Ben Hill, Sandtown, Cliftondale, Ono, Cedar Grove, Boat Rock/Dry Pond, Maude, Lester, Enon, Welcome All, Peters Woods, and part of Campbellton. [4]
From its incorporation in 1847, the municipal boundaries of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were extended repeatedly from a small area around its railroad station to today's city covering 131.7 square miles (341 km 2). Prior to 1954, Atlanta was divided into political divisions called wards. The number of wards were increased as the city grew.
Malaysia was formed by the federation of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore with the existing States of the Federation of Malaya. [11] [17] Maldives: 11 November 1968: Declaration of Republic 26 July 1965: Independence from the United Kingdom Mongolia: 12 February 1992: Constitution of Mongolia declares the country a parliamentary democracy. 1206
Reynoldstown logo on rail yard wall Gateway Park – sign and sculpture (design Brett J Harris) Gateway Park – sculpture (design Brett J Harris) Street art on Moreland Ave. at Seaboard Ave. in Reynoldstown, June 2012. Reynoldstown is a historic district and intown neighborhood on the near east side of Atlanta, Georgia, located two miles from ...
The proximity to Atlanta, the second fastest-growing metropolitan area in the country during the 2000s, [5] leaves it vulnerable to overdevelopment. This threat of encroaching sprawl was recognized after nearly a decade, as the area was determined to be a significant part of national history and earned congressional designation as a National ...
Narobia: Fictional country from the Marvel comics. Small country located near Ethiopia and Wakanda. Natumbe: African country from Dynasty TV series; Nayak: imaginary West African country in the 2004 film La Nuit de la vérité (Night of Truth) Neranga: "new African country" featured in a Rumpole story called "Rumpole and the Golden Thread" by ...