What Is The Population Of The City Of Atlanta?

Atlanta is an important city and the capital of the State of Georgia in Southern USA it was founded in 1837 and since then has been steadily growing and is now known as one of the major new age cities of the World particularly since the city hosted the 1996 Olympic Games.

The population of the city is 470, 688 it is the 35th city in the country in terms of population and the city's metropolitan population is 4,917,717 the 9th largest metropolitan area according to the 2005 census. The city has a high percentage of people of African-American origin (about 60%) and has been a center of the civil rights movement in the past.

Today it is a major transportation and economic center with a number of activities related to the World of commerce taking place here several top companies like Coca Cola have their headquarters in Atlanta and the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is one of the best connected airports in the World with a number of flights taking off or passing to several destinations domestic as well as abroad.

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