Georgia is the state with the third-lowest percentage of older people (65 or older) at 12.8 percent (as of 2015), Well-known television shows set in Atlanta include from Tyler Perry Studios House of Payne and Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns the Real Housewives of Atlanta the CBS sitcom Designing Women Matlock the popular AMC series the Walking Dead Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva Rectify and numerous HGTV original productions! 69/21 88/31 62 2820, Religion Before settlement by Europeans Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures the British colony of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12 1733 the colony was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by (and named for) King George II the Trustees implemented an elaborate plan for the colony's settlement known as the Oglethorpe Plan which envisioned an agrarian society of yeoman farmers and prohibited slavery the colony was invaded by the Spanish in 1742 during the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1752 after the government failed to renew subsidies that had helped support the colony the Trustees turned over control to the crown Georgia became a crown colony with a governor appointed by the king, Education The highest point in the immediate area is Kennesaw Mountain at 1,808 ft (551 m) followed by Stone Mountain at 1,686 ft (514 m) Sweat Mountain at 1,640 ft (500 m) and Little Kennesaw Mountain at 1,600 ft (488 m) Others include Blackjack Mountain Lost Mountain Brushy Mountain Pine Mountain and Mount Wilkinson (Vinings Mountain) Many of these play prominently in the various battles of the Atlanta Campaign during the American Civil War If the further-north counties are included Bear Mountain is highest followed by Pine Log Mountain Sawnee Mountain and Hanging Mountain followed by the others listed above Stone Sweat Bear and Sawnee are all home to some of the area's broadcast stations. 4 References 1910 2,609,121 17.7% South Fulton Parkway Jewish Atlanta encompasses 134.0 square miles (347.1 km2) of which 133.2 square miles (344.9 km2) is land and 0.85 square miles (2.2 km2) is water the city is situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at 1,050 feet (320 m) above mean sea level Atlanta has one of the highest elevations among major cities east of the Mississippi River Atlanta straddles the Eastern Continental Divide such that rainwater that falls on the south and east side of the divide flows into the Atlantic Ocean while rainwater on the north and west side of the divide flows into the Gulf of Mexico Atlanta sits atop a ridge south of the Chattahoochee River which is part of the ACF River Basin Located at the far northwestern edge of the city much of the river's natural habitat is preserved in part by the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Surrounding Atlanta's three high-rise districts are the city's low- and medium-density neighborhoods where the craftsman bungalow single-family home is dominant the eastside is marked by historic streetcar suburbs built from the 1890s-1930s as havens for the upper middle class These neighborhoods many of which contain their own villages encircled by shaded architecturally-distinct residential streets include the Victorian Inman Park Bohemian East Atlanta and eclectic Old Fourth Ward on the westside and along the BeltLine on the eastside former warehouses and factories have been converted into housing retail space and art galleries transforming the once-industrial areas such as West Midtown into model neighborhoods for smart growth historic rehabilitation and infill construction in southwest Atlanta neighborhoods closer to downtown originated as streetcar suburbs including the historic West End while those farther from downtown retain a postwar suburban layout including Collier Heights and Cascade Heights home to much of the city's affluent African American population Northwest Atlanta contains the areas of the city to west of Marietta Boulevard and to the north of Martin Luther King Jr Drive including those neighborhoods remote to downtown such as Riverside Bolton and Whittier Mill which is one of Atlanta's designated Landmark Historical Neighborhoods Vine City though technically Northwest adjoins the city's Downtown area and has recently been the target of community outreach programs and economic development initiatives, After the Civil War ended in 1865 Atlanta was gradually rebuilt Due to the city's superior rail transportation network the state capital was moved from Milledgeville to Atlanta in 1868 in the 1880 Census Atlanta surpassed Savannah as Georgia's largest city Beginning in the 1880s Henry W Grady the editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper promoted Atlanta to potential investors as a city of the "New South" that would be based upon a modern economy and less reliant on agriculture by 1885 the founding of the Georgia School of Technology (now Georgia Tech) and the Atlanta University Center had established Atlanta as a center for higher education in 1895 Atlanta hosted the Cotton States and International Exposition which attracted nearly 800,000 attendees and successfully promoted the New South's development to the world, In Mexico there are small areas of Cfa and Cwa climates the climate can be found in small areas scattered around the northeastern part of the country in proximity to the Gulf of Mexico Other areas where the climate can be found is in the high elevations of Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and Sierra Madre Oriental Despite being located at higher elevations these locations have summers that are too warm to qualify as a subtropical highland climate Guadalajara's climate is a major example of this.
. Main article: 2009 Atlanta Braves season Shooting (15), French 0.42% Contents 102 2720. This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message); Recent history 5.7 State taxes Buildout 81 198 2 Counties 11 Libraries 1914: Miracle 12 Notable people The composition of religious affiliation in Georgia is 70% Protestant 9% Catholic 1% Mormon 1% Jewish 0.5% Muslim 0.5% Buddhist and 0.5% Hindu Atheists deists agnostics and other unaffiliated people make up 13% of the population the largest Christian denominations by number of adherents in 2010 were the Southern Baptist Convention with 1,759,317; the United Methodist Church with 619,394; and the Roman Catholic Church with 596,384 Non-denominational Evangelical Protestant had 566,782 members the Church of God (Cleveland Tennessee) has 175,184 members and the National Baptist Convention USA Inc has 172,982 members the Presbyterian Church (USA) is the largest Presbyterian body in the state with 300 congregations and 100,000 members the other large body Presbyterian Church in America had at its founding date 14 congregations and 2,800 members; in 2010 it counted 139 congregations and 32,000 members the Roman Catholic Church is noteworthy in Georgia's urban areas and includes the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah Georgia is home to the largest Hindu temple in the United States the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta located in the suburb city of Lilburn Georgia is home to several historical synagogues including the Temple (Atlanta) Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta) and Congregation Mickve Israel (Savannah) Chabad and the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute are also active in the state. . The state has fourteen other cities with populations above 50,000 (based on 2017 U.S Census estimates) in descending order of size they are Augusta Columbus Macon Savannah Athens Sandy Springs Roswell Johns Creek Warner Robins Albany Alpharetta Marietta Smyrna and Valdosta, Hartsfield-Jackson area Race ethnicity or Running is a popular local sport and the city declares itself to be "Running City USA" the city hosts the Peachtree Road Race the world's largest 10 km race annually on Independence Day Atlanta also hosts the nation's largest Thanksgiving day half marathon which starts and ends at Georgia State Stadium the Atlanta Marathon which starts and ends at Centennial Olympic Park routes through many of the city's historic landmarks and its 2020 running will coincide with the U.S Olympic marathon trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Members of the General Assembly receive salaries provided by law so long as that salary does not increase before the end of the term during which the increase becomes effective Members of the Georgia General Assembly currently earn $17,000 a year.
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