Atlanta is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Georgia with an estimated 2015 population of 463,878.Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of Atlanta metropolitan area.It is the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States.Atlanta was established in 1837 at the intersection of two railway lines. and the city rose from the ashes of American Civil War to become a national center of commerce.
Atlanta is exerting a significant impact on commerce, research, technology education and media, art and entertainment.It has a GDP of $270 billion.Atlanta is marked by rolling hills and dense tree coverage.

Atlanta encompasses 134.0 sq miles of which 133.3 sq miles is land and rest is water.The city is situated at the foothills of Appalachian Mountain.Most of the city was burned during the Civil War depleting the city of the large stock of its historic architecture.The city contains three major high-rise districts may Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead.
Atlanta is divided into 242 officially defined neighborhoods.It has a humid subtropical climate.Encompassing $304 billion Atlanta metropolitan area is the eighth largest economy in the USA while seventeenth largest in the world.Atlanta contains the country's third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies and the city is te headquarters of the corporations such as The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depo, Delta Airlines, AT&T Mobility and a few more.