Georgia is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by Florida; and to the west by Alabama. Georgia is the 24th-largest state in area and 8th most populous of the 50 United States.
Its 2020 population was 10,711,908, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Atlanta, a “beta(+)” global city, is both the state’s capital and its largest city.
The Atlanta metropolitan area, with a population of more than 6 million people in 2020, is the 9th most populous metropolitan area in the United States and contains about 57% of Georgia’s entire population.
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Flag of Georgia
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Seal of Georgia
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Founded in 1732 as the Province of Georgia and first settled in 1733
Georgia became a British royal colony in 1752
It was the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established and was named after King George II of Great Britain
When Georgia was founded it included much of the present-day Alabama and Mississippi
On January 2, 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution
Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate States
Following the Civil War, it was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870
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Georgia is the 24th-largest state in area and 8th most populous of the 50 United States
Its 2020 population was 10,711,908
Atlanta is both the state’s capital and its largest city
Originally, the capital city of the state was called Terminus and Marthasville
The Atlanta metropolitan area official population in 2020 was over 6 million
Georgia has 159 counties
Georgia has had five capitals.
Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River.
Georgia is known as the “Peach State” because of its reputation for producing the highest quality fruit
GA is the Two-letter or Postal Abbreviation and Ga. is the Traditional or Standard Abbreviation for the State of Georgia.
The Port of Savannah is the third-busiest seaport in the United States
The state Bird is the Brown Thrasher
The state Dog breed is the “Adoptable Dog”
The state Fish is the Largemouth Bass
The state Flower is the Cherokee Rose
cherokee rose
The state Insect is the Honeybee
The state Mammal is the North Atlantic right whale
The state Reptile is the Gopher tortoise
The state Tree Southern Live Oak
The state Food are Grits, Peach
The state Fossil is Shark tooth
The state Gemstone is Quartz
The state Motto(s)of Georgia is “Wisdom, Justice, Moderation”
The state Anthem of Georgia is “Georgia on My Mind”
Georgia is home to the oldest state park in the United States.
Elberton, Georgia is the Granite Capital of the World
Georgia’s Stone Mountain is the world’s largest piece of exposed granite, with a base circumference of 3.8 miles and a height of 1,500 feet.
stone mountain georgia
Brasstown Bald is the highest point in the U.S. state of Georgia at 4,784 ft
The highest temperature ever recorded is 112 °F (44.4 °C) in Louisville on July 24, 1952
The lowest temperature ever recorded is −17 °F (−27.2 °C) in northern Floyd County on January 27, 1940
Atlanta was selected as host of the 1996 Summer Olympics
Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th President of the United States, is the only president from Georgia to date.
Georgia was the headquarters for the civil rights movement and home to Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Georgia Aquarium is the 2nd largest aquarium in the world, with more than 100,000 aquatic animals
Wesleyan College in Macon was the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women.
In 1945, Georgia became the first state to change the legal voting age from 21 to 18.
At a drugstore in Columbus, Georgia in May 1886, John Pemberton created Coca-Cola.
The headquarters for Coca-Cola is located in Atlanta.
coca cola museum
The resin that is created from the pine forests in Georgia makes up half of the entire world’s production and also goes towards producing half the world’s turpentine
Georgia is the nation’s top producer of peanuts, pecans, and Vidalia onions.
There are about 4 dozen varieties of peaches from Georgia.
In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork.
In Atlanta, Georgia, there are more than 55 streets with the name “Peachtree.”
The annual Masters’ Golf Tournament is played at the Augusta National in Augusta every first week of April.
The Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in the capital city, Atlanta, is the world’s busiest airport
The figures of Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Robert E. Lee make up the world’s largest sculpture. It is on the face of Stone Mountain.
Sandy Springs is home to more Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies per capita than any other city in the nation.
The marble from the state was used to build the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C
The world’s longest urban whitewater rafting course, WhiteWater Express is located in Columbus, GA
Since 1972, seven hundred film and television projects have been filmed on location in Georgia.
The Dukes of Hazzard, a 1980s TV show, was set in the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia.
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