Atlanta Facts

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Get your Atlanta facts straight! Here are a few easy ones to get you started.

Atlanta Location: Northwest Georgia

Atlanta Population: 470,688 (4.9 Million)

Atlanta Nicknames: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, A-Town

Atlanta Was Founded In: 1845

Atlanta Industry: Media, Finance, Cocoa Cola, Television, Music, Education

Atlanta Claims To Fame: Coke, “New South”, Rap, Martin Luther King Jr., Having Been Burnt to the Ground by theYankees

Atlanta Miscellaneous: During the American Civil War Union troops under William T. Sherman forced the evacuation of Atlanta and then burned it down.