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Georgia is the 24th most extensive and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta is the state's capital and its most populous city.
Atlanta, located in north-central Georgia at the Eastern Continental Divide, has been Georgia's capital city since 1868. It is the most populous city in Georgia, with a 2020 U.S. census population of just over 498,000. [44] The state has seventeen cities with populations over 50,000, based on official 2020 U.S. census data. [44]
Map of the historical and geographical provinces of Georgia (provinces outside the borders of modern Georgia are indicated in italics). Regions (mkhare) were established by presidential decrees from 1994 to 1996, on a provisional basis until the secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are resolved. They roughly correspond to the ...
The location of the state of Georgia in the United States of America An enlargeable map of the state of Georgia An enlargeable map of the 159 counties of the state of Georgia. Prehistory of the state of Georgia; Spanish colony of Florida, 1565–1763; French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1763; British Colony of Georgia, 1732–1755 History of ...
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States in North America.The Golden Isles of Georgia lie off the coast of the state. The main geographical features include mountains such as the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the northwest, the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northeast, the Piedmont plateau in the central portion of the state and Coastal Plain in the south.
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.
30 metropolitan municipalities (consolidated province-municipalities) 519 consolidated district-municipalities: Turkmenistan: Unitary 5 regions (welaýatlar) (also known as provinces) 37 districts (etraplar) 7 cities with district status? Ashgabat, the capital city-region 4 boroughs or districts (uly etraplar) (as of 2018) Tuvalu: Unitary 9 ...
The county's entire western border with Florida is located in the Lower Chattahoochee River sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin. A tiny southeastern corner of Seminole County, all part of Lake Seminole , is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the same larger ACF River Basin.