Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County,and a portion of the city extends into neighboring DeKalb County. With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits,Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeast and 38th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the core of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area,which is home to more than 6.2 million people,making it the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan area. Situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at an elevation of just over 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level,Atlanta features unique topography that includes rolling hills,lush greenery,and the densest urban tree coverage of any major city in the United States.
James Earl Carter Jr. is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party,Carter was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975,and a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967. At age 99,he is both the oldest living former U.S. president and the longest-lived president in U.S. history.
Tbilisi,in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis,is the capital and largest city of Georgia,lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of around 1.2 million people. Tbilisi was founded in the fifth century AD by Vakhtang I of Iberia,and since then has served as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Between 1801 and 1917,then part of the Russian Empire,Tiflis was the seat of the Caucasus Viceroyalty,governing both the northern and the southern parts of the Caucasus.
Batumi is the second-largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara,located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest,20 kilometers north of the border with Turkey. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of the Caucasus. Much of Batumi's economy revolves around tourism and gambling,but the city is also an important seaport and includes industries like shipbuilding,food processing and light manufacturing. Since 2010,Batumi has been transformed by the construction of modern high-rise buildings,as well as the restoration of classical 19th-century edifices lining its historic Old Town.
Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region,bounded by the Black Sea to the west,Russia to the north and northeast,Turkey to the southwest,Armenia to the south,and Azerbaijan to the southeast. Georgia covers an area of 69,700 square kilometres (26,900 sq mi). It has a population of 3.7 million,of which over a third live in the capital and largest city,Tbilisi. Georgians,who are indigenous to the region,constitute a majority.
Georgia,officially the State of Georgia,is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the northwest,North Carolina to the north,South Carolina to the northeast,Florida to the south,and Alabama to the west. Of the 50 United States,Georgia is the 24th-largest by area and 8th most populous. According to the U.S. Census Bureau,its 2023 estimated population was 11,029,227. Atlanta,a global city,is both the state's capital and its largest city. The Atlanta metropolitan area,with a population of more than 6 million people in 2021,is the 8th most populous metropolitan area in the United States and contains about 57% of Georgia's entire population. Other major metropolitan areas in the state include Augusta,Savannah,Columbus,and Macon. Georgia has 100 miles (160 km) of coastline along the Atlantic Ocean.
Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River,the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War,Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fifth most populous city,with a 2020 U.S. census population of 147,780. The Savannah metropolitan area,Georgia's third-largest,had a 2020 population of 404,798.
South Ossetia,officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania,is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated population of just over 56,500 people (2022),who live in an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi),with 33,000 living in the capital city,Tskhinvali.
Mikheil Saakashvili is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist. He was the third president of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. From May 2015 until November 2016,Saakashvili was the governor of Ukraine's Odesa Oblast. He is the founder and former chairman of the United National Movement party. Saakashvili heads the executive committee of Ukraine's National Reform Council since 7 May 2020. In 2021 he began serving a six-year prison sentence in Georgia on charges of abuse of power and organization of an assault occasioning grievous bodily harm against an opposition lawmaker Valery Gelashvili.
The Georgia national football team represents the country of Georgia in men's international football matches,and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990,while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major tournament from Euro 1996 onwards,but have not achieved qualification yet,although they came very close to Euro 2020. Home games are played at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi.
The Georgia Bulldogs football program represents the University of Georgia in the sport of American football. The Bulldogs compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They play their home games at historic Sanford Stadium on the university's Athens,Georgia,campus. Georgia claims four consensus national championships;while the AP and Coaches Polls have each voted the Bulldogs the national champion three times. Georgia has also been named the National Champion by at least one polling authority in four other seasons.
Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport,formerly Novo Alexeyevka International Airport,is the busiest international airport in Georgia,located 17 km (11 mi) southeast of capital Tbilisi. The airport handled 3.7 million passengers in 2019. Due to the global coronavirus pandemic,the airspace of Georgia was closed for most of 2020 causing the number of travelers through Tbilisi airport to drop by 84% to less than 600,000.
The 2008 Russo-Georgian War was a war between Russia,alongside the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia,and Georgia. The war took place in August following a diplomatic crisis between Russia and Georgia,both formerly constituent republics of the Soviet Union. The fighting took place in the strategically important South Caucasus region. It is regarded as the first European war of the 21st century.
Brian Porter Kemp is an American politician serving since January 2019 as the 83rd governor of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party,Kemp served as the 27th secretary of state of Georgia from 2010 to 2018,and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2003 to 2007.
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta,Georgia. Established in 1885,it is part of the University System of Georgia and has satellite campuses in Savannah,Georgia;Metz,France;Shenzhen,China;and Singapore.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the U.S. Senate to represent the state of Georgia. Incumbent Democratic senator Raphael Warnock won his first full term in office,defeating Republican former football player Herschel Walker. Under Georgia's two-round system,Warnock was re-elected in a runoff election on December 6 after neither candidate received over 50% of the vote on November 8.
Ginny &Georgia is an American comedy-drama television series created by Sarah Lampert that was released on Netflix on February 24,2021. In April 2021,the series was renewed for a second season,which premiered on January 5,2023. In May 2023,the series was renewed for third and fourth seasons.
The 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022 to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent Republican governor Brian Kemp won re-election to a second term,defeating Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams in a rematch. Abrams conceded on election night. The primary occurred on May 24,2022. Kemp was sworn in for a second term on January 9,2023.
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock is an American Baptist pastor and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Warnock has been the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church since 2005.
