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Georgia (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 084 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -84.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by Creek and Cherokee when English settled here in 18th century as buffer between Spanish Florida & English South Carolina; had divided loyalties in Revolution; slavery was prohibited in 18th century, but was slave state and pro-Confederacy in Civil War. |
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| Georgia (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for King George II of England, who gave charter for area to J Oglethorpe in 1732 |
| GA (C,V,USPS)
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since January 2, 1788 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| capital is .... |
Atlanta .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Georgia, Fulton county) [7013331] |
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