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Downtown Atlanta A view of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, at sunset. Atlanta is the state capital and the seat of Fulton county.

Atlanta

Georgia, United States
Also known as: Marthasville, Terminus
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Atlanta, city, capital (1868) of Georgia, U.S., and seat (1853) of Fulton county (but also partly in DeKalb county). It lies in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northwestern part of the state, just southeast of the Chattahoochee River. Atlanta is Georgia’s largest city and the principal trade and transportation center of the southeastern United States. It is the core of an extensive metropolitan area that includes 20 counties and cities such...

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