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Atlanta (/ æ t ˈ l æ n t ə / ⓘ at-LAN-tə) [14] is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.It is the seat of Fulton County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring DeKalb County.
Detailed map of Atlanta annexations by City of Atlanta at Georgia State Library digital collections. Annexation Map of Atlanta from the 1980s; Property map of Emory University in 2017, attached to a press release from the university about its formally asking Atlanta to annex it; Maps showing annexation of CDC/Emory University area:
The city of Atlanta, Georgia is made up of 243 neighborhoods officially defined by the city. [1] These neighborhoods are a mix of traditional neighborhoods, subdivisions, or groups of subdivisions. The neighborhoods are grouped by the city planning department into 25 neighborhood planning units (NPUs).
Map of the United States with Georgia highlighted. Georgia is a state located in the Southern United States.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]
Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the sixth-largest in the United States, based on the July 1, 2023 metropolitan area population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The climate of Atlanta and its metropolitan area is humid subtropical (Cfa) according to the Köppen classification, with four seasons including hot, humid summers and cool winters that are occasionally cold by the standards of the southern United States; the city and its immediate suburbs are located in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8a, although the far northern suburbs begin to transition to ...
In the city of Atlanta, Ga. 53% of residents were born in Georgia, 19.1% elsewhere in the South, 18.6% outside the South and 8.0% in a foreign country. Although the foreign-born population in the city itself is low among large US cities and even compared to Atlanta's own metro area, it is high compared to other nearby Southern cities.
There are multiple efforts underway to encourage and promote home ownership in Vine City and English Avenue. Invest Atlanta has a trust fund which provides up to 10% of the downpayment for a first time homeowner, up to $15,000. [54] Home Atlanta 4.0 provides up to 5% of the house cost, but waives the first-time buyer requirement.