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West Campus Hispanic/Latino 6.6% 4.7%, 3 One Atlantic Center 820 (250) 50 1987 125th-tallest building in the world 38th-tallest in the U.S Also known as the IBM Tower, Judo (14) Gold medal from the 1996 Summer Games. Atlanta Magazine 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), Then an off day. . Atlanta Dream Basketball WNBA State Farm Arena (18,100) 2007 N/A 0 Okefenokee Swamp Georgia John Schuerholz** A number of notable musicians in various genres of popular music are from Georgia Among them are Ray Charles (whose many hits include "Georgia on My Mind" now the official state song) and Gladys Knight (known for her Georgia-themed song "Midnight Train to Georgia"). 4 Government Zones and constituent neighborhoods 72/22 86/30 Source: for race and Hispanic population U.S Census Bureau 2010 and 2000 census; for foreign-born population: US Census Bureau 2010 and 2000 American Community Surveys; Immigrants in 2010 Metropolitan America Brookings Institution.

Atlanta United States 19 20 26 34 51, 1.4 Electric power introduced In addition areas in Texas that are slightly inland from the Gulf of Mexico such as Austin and San Antonio that border the semi-arid climate zone generally see a peak of precipitation in May a drought-like nadir in mid-summer and a secondary if not equal precipitation peak in September or October Areas further south along South Texas' Gulf Coast (Brownsville) which closely border tropical climate classification typically have a strong September precipitation maximum and a tendency toward dry conditions in winter with rain increasing in spring with December or January often the driest months. . Football (2) The U.S Census Bureau has defined a metropolitan area for Atlanta which includes but is not limited to Roswell Georgia and Sandy Springs Georgia According to the 2016 American Community Survey about 78% of working metropolitan residents commuted by driving alone 9% carpooled 3% used public transportation and 1% walked Less than 1% of working residents commuted by bicycle while about 2% of commuters travelled by all other means About 7% of residents worked at home. 4.2 Municipalization Main festivals in Atlanta include Shaky Knees Music Festival Dragon Con the Peachtree Road Race Music Midtown the Atlanta Film Festival National Black Arts Festival Festival Peachtree Latino Atlanta Pride the neighborhood festivals in Inman Park and Virginia-Highland (Summerfest) and the Little Five Points Halloween festival, Name Tenure 53/12 63/17 51/11 63/17, 5.5 Military Since the 1990s various hip-hop and R&B musicians have included top-selling artists such as Outkast Usher Ludacris TLC B.o.B. and Ciara Atlanta is mentioned in a number of these artists' tracks such as Usher's "A-Town Down" reference in his 2004 hit "Yeah!" (which also features Atlanta artists Lil Jon and Ludacris) Ludacris' "Welcome to Atlanta" Outkast's album "ATLiens" and B.o.B.'s multiple references to Decatur Georgia as in his hit song "Strange Clouds". The colonies were independent of one other long before 1774; indeed all the colonies began as separate and unique settlements or plantations Further efforts had failed to form a colonial union through the Albany Congress of 1754 led by Benjamin Franklin the thirteen all had well-established systems of self-government and elections based on the Rights of Englishmen which they were determined to protect from imperial interference, Province of Georgia proprietary colony established 1732 crown colony from 1752, In 1784 James Watt a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer patented a design for a steam locomotive Watt had improved the steam engine of Thomas Newcomen hitherto used to pump water out of mines and developed a reciprocating engine in 1769 capable of powering a wheel This was a large stationary engine powering cotton mills and a variety of machinery; the state of boiler technology necessitated the use of low pressure steam acting upon a vacuum in the cylinder which required a separate condenser and an air pump Nevertheless as the construction of boilers improved Watt investigated the use of high-pressure steam acting directly upon a piston raising the possibility of a smaller engine that might be used to power a vehicle Following his patent Watt's employee William Murdoch produced a working model of a self-propelled steam carriage in that year.