9 Broadcast rights History Somalia (4) Sale to Liberty Media Georgia recognizes all local units of government as cities so every incorporated town is legally a city Georgia does not provide for townships or independent cities though there have been bills proposed in the Legislature to provide for townships; it does allow consolidated city-county governments by local referendum All of Georgia's second-tier cities except Savannah have now formed consolidated city-county governments by referendum: Columbus (in 1970) Athens (1990) Augusta (1995) and Macon (2012) (Augusta and Athens have excluded one or more small incorporated towns within their consolidated boundaries; Columbus and Macon eventually absorbed all smaller incorporated entities within their consolidated boundaries.) the small town of Cusseta adopted a consolidated city-county government after it merged with unincorporated Chattahoochee County in 2003 Three years later in 2006 the town of Georgetown consolidated with the rest of Quitman County. Chinese (including Mandarin) 0.38% Notable incidents Tyrone (CDP) pop 6,879 The composition of religious affiliation in Georgia is 70% Protestant 9% Catholic 1% Mormon 1% Jewish 0.5% Muslim 0.5% Buddhist and 0.5% Hindu Atheists deists agnostics and other unaffiliated people make up 13% of the population the largest Christian denominations by number of adherents in 2010 were the Southern Baptist Convention with 1,759,317; the United Methodist Church with 619,394; and the Roman Catholic Church with 596,384 Non-denominational Evangelical Protestant had 566,782 members the Church of God (Cleveland Tennessee) has 175,184 members and the National Baptist Convention USA Inc has 172,982 members the Presbyterian Church (USA) is the largest Presbyterian body in the state with 300 congregations and 100,000 members the other large body Presbyterian Church in America had at its founding date 14 congregations and 2,800 members; in 2010 it counted 139 congregations and 32,000 members the Roman Catholic Church is noteworthy in Georgia's urban areas and includes the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah Georgia is home to the largest Hindu temple in the United States the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta located in the suburb city of Lilburn Georgia is home to several historical synagogues including the Temple (Atlanta) Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta) and Congregation Mickve Israel (Savannah) Chabad and the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute are also active in the state. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets participate in 17 intercollegiate sports including football and basketball Tech competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is home to Bobby Dodd Stadium the oldest continuously used on campus site for college football in the southern United States and oldest currently in Division I FBS the stadium was built in 1913 by students of Georgia Tech. Before settlement by Europeans Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures the British colony of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12 1733 the colony was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by (and named for) King George II the Trustees implemented an elaborate plan for the colony's settlement known as the Oglethorpe Plan which envisioned an agrarian society of yeoman farmers and prohibited slavery the colony was invaded by the Spanish in 1742 during the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1752 after the government failed to renew subsidies that had helped support the colony the Trustees turned over control to the crown Georgia became a crown colony with a governor appointed by the king. 1860 1,057,286 16.7% Tokyo Japan In addition due to large amounts of revitalization projects in the city core crime continued to fall even amidst the hard economic times of the late-2000s/early 2010s, Transportation 7 Parks and recreational activities, In early 1861 Georgia joined the Confederacy (with secessionists having a slight majority of delegates) and became a major theater of the Civil War Major battles took place at Chickamauga Kennesaw Mountain and Atlanta in December 1864 a large swath of the state from Atlanta to Savannah was destroyed during General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea 18,253 Georgian soldiers died in service roughly one of every five who served in 1870 following the Reconstruction Era Georgia became the last Confederate state to be restored to the Union. Hall Midtown Atlanta is a commercial district in its own right containing 22,000,000 square feet (2,000,000 m2) of office space with 8,200,000 square feet (760,000 m2) of office space added to the area since 1997 with up to 3,800,000 square feet (350,000 m2) more planned Furthermore Midtown is home to many corporate headquarters such as Equifax EarthLink Invesco and the Coca-Cola Company as well as other corporations with a sizeable presence such as Norfolk Southern Wells Fargo PriceWaterhouseCoopers and AT&T Inc Carter's Inc had its headquarters in Midtown but moved to Buckhead in 2013 Regional offices for companies such as Google Arcapita and Jason's Deli are located in Midtown Major law firms such as King & Spalding and Kilpatrick & Stockton are also located in Midtown in April 2019 the largest Whole Foods Market in the southeastern United States opened in Midtown; The electrification system provides electrical energy to the trains so they can operate without a prime mover on board This allows lower operating costs but requires large capital investments along the lines Mainline and tram systems normally have overhead wires which hang from poles along the line Grade-separated rapid transit sometimes use a ground third rail. Although high-speed steam and diesel services were started before the 1960s in Europe they were not very successful.
** Hall of Fame plaque depiction is without a cap in Schuerholz' case this is because he was elected as an executive. The Atlanta Motor Speedway hosts the Dixie 500 NASCAR Cup Series stock car race and Road Atlanta the Petit Le Mans endurance sports car race.
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