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The colonial street name controversies usually focus on the personalities of Jan Pieterszoon Coen [1] for his role in the Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands (especially the Battle of Banda Besar in 1621), and J. B. van Heutsz because of his part in the Aceh War and the 1906 and 1908 Bali interventions.
According to CIS.org, Georgia has five cities or counties listed as a sanctuary jurisdiction. But there is debate as to whether certain areas consider themselves members of that list.
From its founding in 1847, Atlanta has had a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.As early as 1903 (see section below), there were concerns about the confusion this caused, as "more than 225 streets of Atlanta have had from two to eight names" in the first decades of the city.
Australian place names changed from German names during WWI; Azerbaijan naming controversy; Britain and Ireland naming disputes; British Isles naming dispute. Northern Ireland: The often-disputed alternative names for Northern Ireland are summarised in 'Northern Ireland' and discussed in detail in 'Alternative names for Northern Ireland'.
According to the 2010 United States census, Georgia was the 8th most populous state with 9,688,681 inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning 57,513.49 square miles (148,959.3 km 2) of land. [1] Georgia is divided into 159 counties and contains 535 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, consolidated city-counties, and ...
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The Senate Public Safety Committee voted 4-1 on Wednesday to rewrite House Bill 301, with supporters saying the move is needed to enforce a 2009 state law that outlaws so-called sanctuary cities ...
This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Georgia also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper ZIP code bounds, if applicable.