Random facts about Atlanta, Georgia

• Before being named Atlanta, this place was originally called Terminus and then Marthaville.
• Atlanta is the capital in the U.S. state of Georgia.
• The symbol of Atlanta is the mythological creature “Phoenix”.
• As of 2010 the city had an estimated population of about 542,822 people.
• The world’s largest cable-supported dome stadium is the Georgia Dome.
• The Atlanta metropolitan area had an estimated population more than 5.9 million people
• Atlanta is the birthplace of the popular soft drink Coca-Cola.
• Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the world's busiest airport since 1998.
• On December 15, 1939, Atlanta hosted the film premiere of Gone with the Wind, the epic film based on Atlanta's Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel Gone with the Wind.
• Area - City 132.4 sq mi (343.0 km2)
• Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Atlanta is the fifth city to be the capital of the state of Georgia. It was preceded by Savannah, Augusta, Louisville and Milledgeville.
• Atlanta has more shopping center space per capita than any other city except Chicago.