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The Athens-Clarke County Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties - Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe - in northeastern Georgia, anchored by the city of Athens. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 215,479. [1]
Clarke County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 128,671. [1] Its county seat is Athens, [2] with which it is a consolidated city-county.
In 1947, Georgia was a single numbering plan area (NPA) with area code 404. In 1954, 912 was assigned to its southern and central areas. The state operated with two area codes until May 3, 1992, when area code 706 was created for the two separate areas outside of the metro Atlanta area.
Combined Statistical Area Population, 2023 estimates 1 Atlanta–Athens–Clarke County–Sandy Springs (GA-AL) 7,221,137 2 Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro: 640,193 3 Columbus–Phenix City (AL)–Auburn (AL)–Opelika (AL) 566,030 4 Macon–Warner Robins: 436,853
The municipality (Center) of Athens is the most populous in Greece, with a population of 643,452 people (in 2021) [4] and an area of 38.96 km 2 (15.04 sq mi), [7] forming the core of the Athens Urban Area within the Attica Basin.
Cedartown is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Georgia, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 10,190.Cedartown is the principal city of the Cedartown micropolitan area, which is included in the Atlanta–Athens-Clarke–Sandy Springs combined statistical area.
Lagonisi is located approximately 30 km southeast of Athens and 35 km northwest of Cape Sounio. [1] Restaurant facilities, cafeterias and bars are located mainly at the heart of Lagonissi, close to Kalyvion Avenue (the road connecting Lagonissi with Kalyvia Thorikou). It is part of Athens metropolitan area. [2] [3]
The European "Georgia" probably stems from the Persian designation of the Georgians – gurğ (گرج), ğurğ – which reached the Western European crusaders and pilgrims in the Holy Land who rendered the name as Georgia (also Jorgania, Giorginia, etc.) and, erroneously, [11] explained its origin by the popularity of St. George (Tetri Giorgi ...