Geography & Travel
Georgia
state, United States
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Geography & Travel
- Capital:
- Atlanta
- Population:
- (2020) 10,711,908; (2023 est.) 11,029,227
- Governor:
- Brian Kemp (Republican)
- Date Of Admission:
- January 2, 17882
- U.S. Senators:
- Raphael Warnock (Democrat)
- Jon Ossoff (Democrat)
Recent News
Jan. 26, 2024, 3:25 PM ET (AP)
Correction: Israel-Palestinians-Georgia story
Jan. 26, 2024, 1:04 PM ET (AP)
Georgia Senate passes a panel with subpoena power to investigate District Attorney Fani Willis
Jan. 25, 2024, 4:43 PM ET (AP)
Trump accuses DA Fani Willis of inappropriately injecting race into Georgia election case
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:07 PM ET (AP)
Company seeking to mine near Okefenokee will pay $20,000 to settle environmental violation claims
Jan. 23, 2024, 7:38 PM ET (AP)
Could Georgia's Fani Willis be removed from prosecuting Donald Trump?
Georgia, constituent state of the United States of America. Ranking fourth among the U.S. states east of the Mississippi River in terms of total area (though first in terms of land area) and by many years the youngest of the 13 former English colonies, Georgia was founded in 1732, at which time its boundaries were even larger—including much of the present-day states of Alabama and Mississippi. Its landscape presents numerous contrasts, with more soil types than any other state as it sweeps from the Appalachian Mountains in the north (on the borders of Tennessee and North Carolina) to the marshes ...(100 of 6375 words)