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American Green Tree Frog,
Georgia's state amphibian

Georgia /ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/ ^ⓘ is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. Named after King George II of Great Britain, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 21, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870.

Georgia is the 24th most extensive and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta is the state's capital and its most populous city.

Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina. The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the vast Appalachian Mountains system. The central piedmont extends from the foothills to the fall line, where the rivers cascade down in elevation to the continental coastal plain of the southern part of the state. The highest point in Georgia is Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet (1,458 m); the lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean.

Georgia is the most extensive state east of the Mississippi River in terms of land area, although it is the fourth most extensive (after Michigan, Florida, and Wisconsin) in total area, a term which includes expanses of water which are part of state territory.

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Atlanta is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest in the U.S., which is in turn part of the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County. Atlanta began as a settlement located at the intersection of two railroad lines, and it was incorporated in 1845. Today, the city is a major business city and the primary transportation hub of the Southeastern United States (via highway, railroad, and air), with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world's busiest airport since 1998. The city is a center for services, finance, information technology, government, and higher education. Metro Atlanta contains the country's third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies, and is the world headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company, Turner Broadcasting, The Home Depot, AT&T Mobility, UPS, and Delta Air Lines. As of 2010, Atlanta is the seventh most visited city in the United States, with over 35 million visitors per year.

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Tybee Island is a city and barrier island located in Chatham County, Georgia, 18 miles (29 km) east of Savannah, United States. The name Tybee Island is used for both the city and island.

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State facts

Nickname: Peach State
Capital and largest city: Atlanta
Governor: Brian Kemp (R)
Lieutenant Governor: Burt Jones (R)
Total area: 153,909 km² (59,425 sq mi)
Population (2021 estimate): 10,799,566
Date admitted to the Union: January 2, 1788
Senators: Jon Ossoff (D), Raphael Warnock (D)

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State amphibian: American green tree frog (Hyla cinerea)
State bird: Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
State flower: Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata)
State marine Mammal: North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Butterfly: Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Fruit: Peach
Insect: Honeybee
Prepared Food: Grits
Fish: Largemouth Bass
Crop: Peanut
Tree: Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)
Vegetable: Vidalia onion
Reptile: Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
Game Bird: Bobwhite Quail
Seashell: Knobbed Whelk
Gem: Quartz
Fossil: Shark Tooth
Mineral: Staurolite
Agriculture: Poultry
Art Museum: Georgia Museum of Art in Athens
Atlas: The Atlas of Georgia
Ballet: Atlanta Ballet
Beef Barbecue Championship Cook-off: The Hawkinsville Civitan Club’s “Shoot the Bull” barbecue championship
Center for Character Education: Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum
Folk Dance Square Dance
Folk Festival: Georgia Folk Festival
Folk Life Play: “Swamp Gravy”
Frontier and Southern Indian Interpretive Center: The Funk Heritage/Bennett Center at Reinhardt University, Waleska
Historic Drama: “The Reach of Song” presented on the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds near Hiawassee
Musical Theatre: Peach State Summer Theatre
Peanut Monument: Turner County on the west side of Interstate Highway 75 within the limits of the city of Ashburn
Pork Barbecue Championship Cook-off: The Dooly County Chamber of Commerce’s “Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig”
Railroad Museum: The Central of Georgia Railroad Shops Complex, Savannah
Songs: "Georgia on My Mind"

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Jimmy Carter (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. He took office during a period of international stagflation, which persisted throughout his term. The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, the 1979 energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (at the end of 1979), 1980 Summer Olympics boycott by the United States of the Moscow Olympics and the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. He survived a primary challenge against Ted Kennedy for the Democratic Party nomination in the 1980 election, but lost the election to Republican candidate Ronald Reagan. After leaving office, Carter and his wife Rosalynn founded the Carter Center in 1982, a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization that works to advance human rights. He has traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations, observe elections, and advance disease prevention and eradication in developing nations.

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April 4, 1977 - Southern Airways Flight 242, a Douglas DC-9-31, enters a severe thunderstorm which breaks the plane's windshield; the aircraft's engines ingest so much water and hail that they both flame out. The plane glides to a crash landing on a rural highway in Georgia, killing 62 out of 85 people aboard – including rhythm and blues singer Annette Snell – and eight people on the ground; all 22 survivors are injured.
April 5, 1991 - Former Senator John Tower and 22 others are killed in an airplane crash in Brunswick, Georgia, United States.
April 12, 1862 - American Civil War – Andrew's Raid - Union volunteers steal a Confederate locomotive, setting off The Great Locomotive Chase, famously involving the use of The General steam locomotive, which still exists in the 21st century.
April 12, 1965 - Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium opens.
April 13, 1919 - Eugene V. Debs enters prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for speaking out against the draft during World War I.

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...that prehistoric people used the same 89 °F (32 °C) warm springs that Franklin Delano Roosevelt would use in the 20th century?

...that the U.S. military's Tybee hydrogen bomb, missing off the coast of the state of Georgia since 1958, may recently have been discovered?

...that the Great Atlanta fire of 1917 destroyed 300 acres and nearly 2,000 buildings and was put out with help from fire engines as far away as Knoxville, Tennessee?

...that the Old Harbor Light in Savannah, Georgia, also known as the Savannah Harbor Rear Range Light, resembles a giant streetlight?

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I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today...

— Martin Luther King Jr., American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement

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