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Georgia State University is a major public research university in Downtown Atlanta; it is the largest of the 29 public colleges and universities in the University System of Georgia and is a significant contributor to the revitalization of the city's central business district, In 1638 Sweden established the colony of New Sweden in the Delaware Valley the operation was led by former members of the Dutch West India Company including Peter Minuit New Sweden established extensive trading contacts with English colonies to the south and shipped much of the tobacco produced in Virginia the colony was conquered by the Dutch in 1655 while Sweden was engaged in the Second Northern War; ! Interstate 75 passes through from Macon to the south and from Chattanooga to the north Interstate 575 is a spur which merges with I-75 near Kennesaw I-575 serves northeast portions of Cobb County and a large portion of Cherokee County it ends in Ball Ground Interstate 675 is a route which connects I-75 in Henry County to I-285 in southern Dekalb County Most of the corridor is within Clayton County. Atlanta's large Hispanic community is represented in Festival Peachtree Latino the largest multicultural festival in the Southeast which is held annually at Piedmont Park Other ethnic celebrations include the National Black Arts Festival the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival St Patrick's Day parade the Atlanta Greek Festival the Atlanta Turkish Festival Festival of India JapanFest and Korean Festival. ; 2005 2,521,167 31,126 62.9% 16th 19th In 1882 the Georgia State Legislature authorized a committee led by Harris to visit the Northeast to see firsthand how technology schools worked They were impressed by the polytechnic educational models developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science (now Worcester Polytechnic Institute) the committee recommended adapting the Worcester model which stressed a combination of "theory and practice" the "practice" component including student employment and production of consumer items to generate revenue for the school. International 9% 37.6% The numbers grew rapidly through a very high birth rate and low mortality rate reaching nearly four million by the 1860 census From 1770 until 1860 the rate of natural growth of North American slaves was much greater than for the population of any nation in Europe and was nearly twice as rapid as that in England, This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed, Uzbekistan (71).
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