An Amtrak catenary maintenance vehicle on the Northeast Corridor in Guilford Connecticut, F 48/9 84/29 Atlanta Georgia business directory. . Lamar Atlanta's Georgia Dome hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000 the Georgia Dome hosted the NCAA Final Four Men's Basketball National Championship in 2002 2007 and 2013 it hosted WWE's WrestleMania XXVII in 2011 an event which set an attendance record of 71,617 the dome was also the venue of the annual Chick-fil-A Bowl post-season college football games Since 2017 they have been held at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium along with the FIRST World Championships, Prior to the arrival of European settlers in north Georgia Creek Natives inhabited the area Standing Peachtree a Creek village where Peachtree Creek flows into the Chattahoochee River was the closest Native American settlement to what is now Atlanta as part of the systematic removal of Native Americans from northern Georgia from 1802 to 1825 the Creek were forced to leave the area in 1821 and white settlers arrived the following year, 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.
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 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. ? ? ? ? ? Geography 11.1 Sports Savannah's River Street is a popular tourist destination, White Democrats regained power after Reconstruction due in part to the efforts of some using intimidation and violence but this method came into disrepute in 1900 shortly before Georgia adopted a disfranchising constitutional amendment in 1908 blacks comprised 47% of the state's population! ** Hall of Fame plaque depiction is without a cap in Schuerholz' case this is because he was elected as an executive; San Marino (1), 37 Ron Washington (third base), 6 Georgia-Pacific Tower 697 (212) 52 1982 Total building area is 1,567,011 sq.ft. Haulage The 12 counties listed above with under 75,000 residents are usually not included in any other metropolitan definition except the OMB/Census Bureau's MSA and CSA Hall County forms the Gainesville GA Metropolitan Statistical Area but with astronomical growth to over 190,000 residents is now also part of the Atlanta CSA the official tourism website of the State of Georgia features a "Metro Atlanta" tourism region that includes only nine counties: Fulton DeKalb Gwinnett Cobb Clayton Coweta Douglas Fayette and Henry, N Georgia 140.svg State Route 140. Recently Atlanta has been a center for film and television production largely because of the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act which awards qualified productions a transferable income tax credit of 20% of all in-state costs for film and television investments of $500,000 or more Film and television production facilities based in Atlanta include Turner Studios Pinewood Studios (Pinewood Atlanta) Tyler Perry Studios Williams Street Productions and the EUE/Screen Gems soundstages Film and television production injected $9.5 billion into Georgia's economy in 2017 with Atlanta garnering most of the projects As a result by the following year Atlanta emerged as one of the all-time most popular destinations for film production globally.
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