. 5.6.1 Asia I-85.svg Interstate 85 The Atlanta metropolitan area is the cultural and economic center of the Southeast; its population in 2010 was 5,268,860 or 53.6% of Georgia's total Atlanta is the nation's ninth largest metropolitan area. ! Main article: History of Georgia Tech.
The highest point in the immediate area is Kennesaw Mountain at 1,808 ft (551 m) followed by Stone Mountain at 1,686 ft (514 m) Sweat Mountain at 1,640 ft (500 m) and Little Kennesaw Mountain at 1,600 ft (488 m) Others include Blackjack Mountain Lost Mountain Brushy Mountain Pine Mountain and Mount Wilkinson (Vinings Mountain) Many of these play prominently in the various battles of the Atlanta Campaign during the American Civil War If the further-north counties are included Bear Mountain is highest followed by Pine Log Mountain Sawnee Mountain and Hanging Mountain followed by the others listed above Stone Sweat Bear and Sawnee are all home to some of the area's broadcast stations, Gwinnett Stripers Baseball Triple-A International League Coolray Field Lawrenceville. 4 Games 34 Marty Reed (bullpen), 3B S Atlanta is home to nationally renowned private colleges and universities most notably Emory University a leading liberal arts and research institution that consistently ranks among the top 25 universities in the United States and operates Emory Healthcare the largest health care system in Georgia The Atlanta University Center is also in the city; it is the largest contiguous consortium of historically black colleges in the nation comprising Spelman College Clark Atlanta University Morehouse College and Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta contains a campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design a private art and design university that has proven to be a major factor in the recent growth of Atlanta's visual art community Atlanta and nearby Athens also boast American Bar Association accredited law schools: Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Emory University School of Law Georgia State University College of Law and University of Georgia School of Law. J For the five years through November 2017 Georgia has been ranked the top state (number 1) in the nation to do business and has been recognized as number 1 for business and labor climate in the nation number 1 in business climate in the nation number 1 in the nation in workforce training and as having a "Best in Class" state economic development agency, 69/21 88/31 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, Dobbins Air Reserve Base Dragon Con is a yearly multigenre convention with an associated parade Dragon Con's 2014 attendance was 63,000 Races. Douglasville pop 30,961 Times 34 Victorian architecture in Inman Park, S Jekyll Island 85 2820; .
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