Religion in Georgia (2014) There are 63 parks in Georgia 48 of which are state parks and 15 that are historic sites and numerous state wildlife preserves under the supervision of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Other historic sites and parks are supervised by the National Park Service and include the Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville; Appalachian National Scenic Trail; Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area near Atlanta; Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park at Fort Oglethorpe; Cumberland Island National Seashore near St Marys; Fort Frederica National Monument on St Simons Island; Fort Pulaski National Monument in Savannah; Jimmy Carter National Historic Site near Plains; Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park near Kennesaw; Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site in Atlanta; Ocmulgee National Monument at Macon; Trail of Tears National Historic Trail; and the Okefenokee Swamp in Waycross Georgia. Stonecrest pop 53,490 61/16 90/32 Henry (225,813) 9 Midtown Ecodistrict Widespread farms produce peanuts corn and soybeans across middle and south Georgia the state is the number one producer of pecans in the world with the region around Albany in southwest Georgia being the center of Georgia's pecan production Gainesville in northeast Georgia touts itself as the Poultry Capital of the World Georgia is in the top five blueberry producers in the United States. . 2.3 Middle colonies As of 2010 the number of illegal immigrants living in Georgia more than doubled to 480,000 from January 2000 to January 2009 according to a federal report That gave Georgia the greatest percentage increase among the 10 states with the biggest illegal immigrant populations during those years, Top 10 Non-English Languages Spoken in Georgia, Infrastructure Main articles: Government of Atlanta List of mayors of Atlanta and Crime in Atlanta. 1870 1,184,109 12.0% 1715 435,000 Atlanta Hawks Basketball National Basketball Association State Farm Arena Atlanta 4 Company Officers Douglas ? ? ? ? ?
Consistent with national trends the murder rate in Atlanta peaked in 1990 and have declined since From 2000 to 2010 murders in the city declined by nearly 50 percent the years 2009 and 2012 had the lowest numbers of homicides in Atlanta than any year dating back to 1963 but there has been an increase in murders in the city beginning in 2013 the number of murders in Atlanta was 80 in 2009 92 in 2010 88 in 2011 85 in 2012 82 in 2013 93 in 2014 95 in 2015 and 111 in 2016 a significant number of murders have remained unsolved; as of February 2017 51 of the 111 homicides from 2016 remain unsolved! 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. Colleges and universities Monthly average daily high and low temperatures for major Georgia cities, Dunwoody pop 46,267 8 References Paulding (262/sq mi) In 1980 construction was completed on an expansion of what is now named Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport the busiest and most efficient airport in the world it accommodates over 100 million passengers annually Employing more than 60,000 people the airport became a major engine for economic growth With the advantages of cheap real estate low taxes right-to-work laws and a regulatory environment limiting government interference the Atlanta metropolitan area became a national center of finance insurance technology manufacturing real estate logistics and transportation companies as well as the film convention and trade show businesses As a testament to the city's growing international profile in 1990 the International Olympic Committee selected Atlanta as the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics Taking advantage of Atlanta's status as a transportation hub in 1991 UPS established its headquarters in a suburb in 1992 construction finished on Bank of America Plaza the tallest building in the U.S outside New York or Chicago. The 1996 Olympics were marred by the Centennial Olympic Park bombing on July 27 Security guard Richard Jewell discovered the pipe bomb and immediately notified law enforcement and helped evacuate as many people as possible from the area before it exploded Although Jewell's quick actions are credited for saving many lives the bombing killed spectator Alice Hawthorne wounded 111 others and caused the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack Jewell was later considered a suspect in the bombing but was never charged and he was exonerated in October 1996 in 2003 Eric Robert Rudolph was charged with and confessed to this bombing as well as the bombings of two abortion clinics and a gay bar He stated "the purpose of the attack on July 27th was to confound anger and embarrass the Washington government in the eyes of the world for its abominable sanctioning of abortion on demand." He was sentenced to a life sentence at ADX Florence prison in Florence Colorado, Peachtree-Dunwoody Road 5.2 Usage, John Ponce City Market multi-use complex formerly the Sears Roebuck warehouse for the southeastern U.S. 5 Economy Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total Korean 43,870 0.8% 22,317 0.5% 21,553 96.6%, In 2018 U.S News & World Report ranked Georgia Tech No 4 in the nation for most innovative university in 2015 Georgia Tech was ranked 2nd among public universities and 8th among all universities in the United States for students' return on investment. 7.1.3 State routes During the first decades of the 20th century Atlanta experienced a period of unprecedented growth in three decades' time Atlanta's population tripled as the city limits expanded to include nearby streetcar suburbs the city's skyline emerged with the construction of the Equitable Flatiron Empire and Candler buildings; and Sweet Auburn emerged as a center of black commerce the period was also marked by strife and tragedy Increased racial tensions led to the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 which left at least 27 people dead and over 70 injured in 1913 Leo Frank a Jewish-American factory superintendent was convicted of the murder of a 13-year-old girl in a highly publicized trial He was hanged in Marietta by a lynch mob in 1915 after having his death sentence commuted an event which deeply impacted the Jewish community in Atlanta and across the country on May 21 1917 the Great Atlanta Fire destroyed 1,938 buildings in what is now the Old Fourth Ward resulting in one fatality and the displacement of 10,000 people, The white home uniform introduced in 1987 is the primary home uniform Paired with the home navy "A" cap with red brim this uniform features red and navy piping the "Braves" script and tomahawk in front and radially arched (vertically arched until 2005; sewn into a nameplate until 2012) navy letters and red numbers with navy trim at the back. 4.3 2020 Midtown is known by many residents as Atlanta's "Heart of the Arts" It is the home of the Ferst Center for Arts Fox Theatre the Woodruff Arts Center the Atlanta Botanical Garden the Richard Meier- and Renzo Piano-designed High Museum of Art as well as the Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Center for Puppetry Arts and other arts and entertainment venues Recently the Woodruff Arts Center and its campus were expanded Future additions will include a new Atlanta Symphony Center the High has collaborated with major art museums to house temporary collections of masterpieces most notably the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art Across the street from the High is Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) the only museum in the Southeast devoted exclusively to the study and celebration of all things design Midtown is also the home of the Atlanta campus of Savannah College of Art and Design which is located in historic buildings throughout the district, Fri 3rd Bermuda (9), The area has gone by other names in the past An 1897 source refers to the area as North Atlanta which would later be the name of today's city of Brookhaven the 1897 "North Atlanta" encompassed (roughly) most of today's Midtown Georgia Tech and English Avenue Sources from the 1950s and early 1960s refer to the area as "Uptown Atlanta," a moniker which would later be applied instead to Buckhead following its annexation.
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