A total of 197 nations were represented at the 1996 Games and the combined total of athletes was about 10,318 Twenty-four countries made their Olympic debut this year including eleven of the ex-Soviet countries that competed as part of the Unified Team in 1992 Russia competed independently for the first time since 1912 when it was the Russian Empire the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed as Yugoslavia, Barbados (13), Houston United States 13.4 Roads and freeways Atlanta Georgia business directory. Downtown Atlanta contains the most office space in the metro area much of it occupied by government entities Downtown is home to the city's sporting venues and many of its tourist attractions Midtown Atlanta is the city's second-largest business district containing the offices of many of the region's law firms Midtown is known for its art institutions cultural attractions institutions of higher education and dense form Buckhead the city's uptown district is eight miles (13 km) north of Downtown and the city's third-largest business district the district is marked by an urbanized core along Peachtree Road surrounded by suburban single-family neighborhoods situated among dense forests and rolling hills. In 1829 gold was discovered in the North Georgia mountains leading to the Georgia Gold Rush and establishment of a federal mint in Dahlonega which continued in operation until 1861 the resulting influx of white settlers put pressure on the government to take land from the Cherokee Nation in 1830 President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act sending many eastern Native American nations to reservations in present-day Oklahoma including all of Georgia's tribes Despite the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v Georgia (1832) that U.S states were not permitted to redraw Indian boundaries President Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling in 1838 his successor Martin Van Buren dispatched federal troops to gather the tribes and deport them west of the Mississippi This forced relocation known as the Trail of Tears led to the death of over 4,000 Cherokees, 99 2819. . Atlanta is home to one of the nation's largest gay pride festivals Atlanta Pride as well as what is billed as the world's largest black gay pride celebration Atlanta Black Pride.
Central Campus is home to the majority of the academic research and administrative buildings the Central Campus includes among others: the Howey Physics Building; the Boggs Chemistry Building; the College of Computing Building; the Klaus Advanced Computing Building; the College of Design Building; the Skiles Classroom Building which houses the School of Mathematics and the School of Literature Media and Culture; the D M Smith Building which houses the School of Public Policy; and the Ford Environmental Science & Technology Building in 2005 the School of Modern Languages returned to the Swann Building a 100-year-old former dormitory that now houses some of the most technology-equipped classrooms on campus Intermingled with these are a variety of research facilities such as the Centennial Research Building the Microelectronics Research Center the Neely Nuclear Research Center the Nanotechnology Research Center and the Petit Biotechnology Building, White-tailed (Virginia) deer are in nearly all counties the northern mockingbird and brown thrasher are among the 160 bird species that live in the state. . . Buzz the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets' mascot Moreland Avenue (U.S 23/Georgia 42)! 12 See also 103 2818 Georgia Racial Breakdown of Population. Tunisia (51) Jim O'Rourke, Through mergers the main railroads in the area are now Norfolk Southern and CSX the Georgia Northeastern Railroad is a short line that also services part of the area There are also several railyards of Atlanta and vicinity as well as the Southeastern Railway Museum and the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. .
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