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. Founded in 1971 as a quasi-public corporation to operate many U.S passenger rail services it receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit organization Amtrak's headquarters is located one block west of Union Station in Washington D.C, Rank Name County Pop. See also: List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S state). 1980 425,022 -14.1% Atlanta encompasses 134.0 square miles (347.1 km2) of which 133.2 square miles (344.9 km2) is land and 0.85 square miles (2.2 km2) is water the city is situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at 1,050 feet (320 m) above mean sea level Atlanta has one of the highest elevations among major cities east of the Mississippi River Atlanta straddles the Eastern Continental Divide such that rainwater that falls on the south and east side of the divide flows into the Atlantic Ocean while rainwater on the north and west side of the divide flows into the Gulf of Mexico Atlanta sits atop a ridge south of the Chattahoochee River which is part of the ACF River Basin Located at the far northwestern edge of the city much of the river's natural habitat is preserved in part by the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, 123 2919, Racing facilities include Atlanta Motor Speedway a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) NASCAR race track in Hampton and Road Atlanta in Braselton in 2005 Atlanta competed with other major U.S cities for the NASCAR Hall of Fame in March 2006 Atlanta lost to Charlotte North Carolina.

MARTA operates buses and a subway system in the city of Atlanta Fulton Clayton and Dekalb counties while Cobb and Gwinnett counties operate their own independent Suburban Transit Systems that feed into MARTA This is a result of those counties' refusal to join the MARTA system (although Gwinnett is holding a vote in March 2019 to possibly join MARTA again) a situation which was originally closely related to white flight from the city It is the only US system in which the state does not provide any funds for operation or expansion instead relying entirely on a 1% sales tax in its three counties Due to the passage of a 1% sales tax in Clayton County on November 4 2014 MARTA replaced the defunct C-Tran system bringing buses and commuter rail to the county beginning March 2015 with full bus service in 2016 the Atlanta Streetcar a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) light rail loop connects Centennial Olympic Park and MARTA heavy rail subway to the Sweet Auburn district and points in between Xpress GA a suburban commuter bus service operated by the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority or GRTA has over 32 routes running from the suburbs and exurbs to downtown Atlanta in 12 metropolitan counties, Atlanta Braves Baseball National League Major League Baseball SunTrust Park Cumberland 1995. 2000s On July 8 2011 it was reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that six police officers were fired for lying about events concerning a raid on the Atlanta Eagle Bar (which catered to gay persons) in June 2011 a 343-page report was released that details how 16 officers lied or destroyed evidence when asked about the raid on the Eagle Bar at least two of the officers in question had been cited for lying on another occasion in a federal drug case in October 2009 (the federal prosecutors informed the Atlanta Police Department that they would never be used again in a federal prosecution). ; Main article: Ecology of Georgia, Cherokee (247,573) Atlanta Georgia business directory, Further information: List of state government committees (Georgia). Source: for race and Hispanic population U.S Census Bureau 2010 and 2000 census; for foreign-born population: US Census Bureau 2010 and 2000 American Community Surveys; Immigrants in 2010 Metropolitan America Brookings Institution.