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Metro Atlanta

With a population of over 5.5 million, Metro Atlanta is 's principal urban area, and the eighth largest metro area in the United States. It encompasses Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale Counties.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Atlanta and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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is the vanguard of the New South, with the charm and elegance of the Old. It's a city that balances southern traditions with sleek modernism, and southern hospitality with three skylines and the world’s busiest airport.

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is about 8 miles south of downtown . Hartsfield–Jackson is Delta Air Lines' main hub and headquarters as well as a focus city for Southwest Airlines, and has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements since 1998.

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is a city of 61,000 people in Metro Atlanta. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Dobbins Air Reserve Base on the south side of town and a Lockheed Martin manufacturing plant are among the major industries in the city.

Destinations to Discover

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is a city of 110,000 people in Metro Atlanta. It promotes itself as having "small town charm on the banks of the Chattahoochee just around the corner from downtown Atlanta."…

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is a city in northern , United States. At the official 2020 census, the city had a population of 92,883, making the state's city.

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is a city in northern , United States, and part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, 's population was 65,818; in 2010, the population had been 57,551.

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is a city in Metro Atlanta. It is perhaps known for having a law that requires all households resident in the city to own a gun, although this law is seldom if ever enforced.

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is a city in and the county seat of , United States. It is a suburb of , located about 30 miles northeast of .

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is a suburb of Metro Atlanta. It is a medium-sized railway town historically called Howell's Crossing.

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is the largest city and the county seat of , United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 34,650, up from 30,961 in 2010 and 20,065 in 2000.

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is a small town about an hour away from , in the city's Metro Area. Formerly quite rural, it has lately become more suburban with the rise of shopping chains such as Lowe's and JC Penney's, and housing sub-development neighborhoods.

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is southwest of the neighborhoods of in the city's Metro Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 39,595. The city is named for being at the opposite end of the former Atlanta & West Point Railroad from West Point, .

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is a city in, and county seat of, , United States. The estimated population, as of 2020, was 14,042. is a northwestern exurb of , located approximately 30 miles from the .

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is a city in and counties in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,144. Most of the city is in Gwinnett County, which is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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is the largest city in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 38,244. is located in southern Metro Atlanta.

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is a city located in , United States. As a northern suburb of , is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

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is a city in and counties, , , adjacent to the southern boundary of the city of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,930.

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is a city of 20,000 people in the Metro Atlanta region of , roughly 35–40 minutes east of Downtown Atlanta.

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is a city in northern , , United States, northeast of . The population was 30,164 as of the 2020 census.

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is in Metro Atlanta. It was once the location of the GM plant, which closed in 2005 and now a mixed-use shopping district is proposed to be built at that location.

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is a city in and counties, , United States. The population was 16,516 as of 2023. is located about 36 mi east of and is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

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is a city in , , United States. The population was 14,502 at the 2020 census. The estimated population was 12,810 in 2019. It is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

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is a city in Metro Atlanta. It is the location for the future "Aerotropolis", a mixed-use project to be built at the site of the former Ford Assembly Plant, inspired by the success of Atlantic Station.

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is a city in in the U.S. state of . It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 7,713.

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is in Metro Atlanta. The town is named for , the largest exposed granite dome in , featuring the largest bas-relief sculpture in the world, of Confederate Civil War heroes Jefferson Davis, Robert E.

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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place, formerly incorporated as a city, located in northeastern , , United States.

Metro Atlanta

  • Type: metropolitan statistical area with 6,090,000 residents
  • Description: most populous metro area in the US state of Georgia
  • Also known as: “Atlanta metropolitan area”, “Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta metropolitan area”, “Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area”, “Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA MSA”, “Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metropolitan area”, “Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area”, “Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Alpharetta metropolitan area”, “Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Alpharetta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area”, and “Metropolitan Atlanta”
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
33.755° or 33° 45′ 18″ north
Longitude of center
-84.39° or 84° 23′ 24″ west
Population
6,090,000
Wiki­data ID
Q971998
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Metro Atlanta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة أتلاتنا الحضرية”
  • Asturian: “Área metropolitana d’Atlanta”
  • Catalan: “àrea metropolitana d’Atlanta”
  • Chinese: “亚特兰大都会区”
  • Chinese: “亞特蘭大都市”
  • Chinese: “亞特蘭大都會區”
  • Danish: “Metro Atlanta”
  • French: “Région métropolitaine d’Atlanta”
  • German: “Metropolregion Atlanta”
  • Hebrew: “אטלנטה רבתי”
  • Hebrew: “המטרופולין של אטלנטה”
  • Italian: “area metropolitana di Atlanta”
  • Italian: “Area metropolitana di Atlanta”
  • Japanese: “アトランタ都市圏”
  • Korean: “메트로 애틀랜타”
  • Korean: “애틀랜타-샌디스프링-알파레타 수도권”
  • Persian: “منطقه کلان‌شهری آتلانتا”
  • Polish: “Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Alpharetta”
  • Polish: “Obszar metropolitalny Atlanty”
  • Scots: “Atlanta metropolitan aurie”
  • Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Alpharetta”
  • Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Atlanta”
  • Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Atlanta”
  • Urdu: “اٹلانٹا میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng đô thị Atlanta”

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