State capital of Georgia
City of Atlanta
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Coordinates: 33°44′56″N 84°23′24″W / 33.74889°N 84.39000°W / 33.74889; -84.39000Coordinates: 33°44′56″N 84°23′24″W / 33.74889°N 84.39000°W / 33.74889; -84.39000
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Counties	Fulton, DeKalb
Terminus	1837; 187 years ago (1837)
Marthasville	1843; 181 years ago (1843)
City of Atlanta	December 29, 1847; 176 years ago (1847-12-29)
Government
• Mayor	Andre Dickens (D)
• Body	Atlanta City Council
Area
• State capital of Georgia	136.76 sq mi (354.22 km2)
• Land	135.73 sq mi (351.53 km2)
• Water	1.04 sq mi (2.68 km2)
• Urban	1,963 sq mi (5,080 km2)
• Metro	8,376 sq mi (21,690 km2)
Elevation	738 to 1,050 ft (225 to 320 m)
Population  (2020)
• State capital of Georgia	498,715
• Rank	38th in the United States 1st in Georgia
• Density	3,646.64/sq mi (1,407.924/km2)
• Urban	4,975,300
• Urban density	2,534.5/sq mi (978.59/km2)
• Metro	6,020,864 (9th)
• Metro density	710.5/sq mi (274.32/km2)
• CSA	6,775,511 (10th)
• Demonym	Atlantan
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	30060, 30301–30322, 30324–30334, 30336–30350, 30340, 30353, 30363
FIPS code	13-04000
GNIS feature ID	0351615
Interstates
Rapid transit
Primary airport	Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Website	atlantaga.gov

Atlanta is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the South's largest cities. Atlanta is known as a major business city. It is the home of Coca-Cola Company, CNN, AT&T, and Home Depot, as well as many other Fortune 500 companies. Atlanta's airport, called Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, is the busiest airport in the world. Atlanta is near the center of Georgia and is on the Chattahoochee River.