Georgia - Political   Capital Atlanta Largest City Atlanta Major Cities Columbus, Savannah, Athens, Macon, Albany, Augusta, Valdosta Nicknames Empire State of the South, Peach State Area 58,910 sq. miles Population 6,478,216

 

Georgia - Physical features   Physical Features Okefenokee Swamp, Sea Islands Mountain Ranges Appalachian Mts, Blue Ridge Mts Peaks Mount Oglethorpe, Stone Mountain Bodies of Water Lake Sidney Lanier, Lake Seminole, Lake Sinclair, Atlantic Ocean Rivers Chattahoochee, Savannah, Oconee, Ocmulgee, Flint, Altamaha, Suwanee Highest Point Brasstown Bald Bordering States Alabama (west), Florida (south), Tennessee (north), North Carolina (north), South Carolina (northeast, east) National Parks None Key Products Peanuts, Peaches, Pecans, Broiler Chickens, Eggs, Tobacco, Carpeting, Cloth Natural Resources Timber (mostly Pine and Hardwood) and wood products (Georgia is the nation’s leading pulp producer)

 

Georgia - History   1733 Savannah founded as a penal colony by James Oglethorpe 1788 Fourth state to ratify constitution 1793 Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin 1864 Atlanta burned by Union troops under General Sherman

 

Georgia - Facts   Many balds, or upland clearings devoid of trees, dot the Appalachians Georgia boasts the world’s busiest airport: Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport in the capital city CNN and Coca Cola are headquarted in Atlanta Atlanta, known as the "Economic Capital of the Southeast" ,has thus served for many years the political and financial center of the region. Dalton, near the border with Tenessee, is a center for carpeting and the cloth industry Savannah, founded by the British in 1733 and a major port at the delta of the Savannah River, has preserved many homes that date from the Civil War. Gullah is the name of the language of the aboriginal people of the Sea Islands chain that runs from the Carolinas to Northern Florida Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi river Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be established as a colony