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edit   The Atlanta Portal Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia, as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States. With a 2010 estimated population of 420,003. Atlanta is the 40th largest city in the United States, and the 28-county Atlanta Metropolitan Area is the eighth largest such region in the United States, and the second largest in the Southeastern U.S., behind Miami-Fort Lauderdale, with more than 5,476,285 residents. The Atlanta Combined Statistical Area, home to 5,829,304 people, is the eighth largest in the country and the largest in the southeast. Atlanta is also the county seat of Fulton County and the fifth location for the seat of government of the state of Georgia. A small portion of the city of Atlanta corporate limits extends into DeKalb County. Residents of the city are known as Atlantans. Considered a top business city and transportation hub, Atlanta is the world headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T Mobility, and Delta Air Lines. The surrounding area contains additional corporate headquarters, including Home Depot and UPS. Atlanta has the country's third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies along with Chicago and Minneapolis, although Home Depot, Newell Rubbermaid, and UPS are not located within city limits but are counted as being in the city, and more than 75 percent of the Fortune 1000 companies have a presence in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Atlanta metropolitan area has the tenth largest concentration of Fortune 500 headquarters tied with Boston, Cleveland, and Denver. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which is located seven miles south of downtown Atlanta, is the world's busiest airport and the only major airport to serve the city. More about Atlanta... edit   Selected article Magnapop is an alternative rock band based in Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1989, the band has consistently included songwriting duo Linda Hopper as vocalist and Ruthie Morris on guitar. Magnapop first achieved recognition in the Benelux countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg through the festival circuit and have remained popular in Europe throughout their career. After modest success in the United States in the mid-1990s with the singles "Slowly, Slowly" and "Open the Door" and a series of albums produced by Michael Stipe, Bob Mould, and Geza X, the band went on an extended hiatus due to the dissolution of their record label. They returned with a new rhythm section in 2005 on the Daemon Records release Mouthfeel. The band has continued to perform and record since this reunion and have self-released two more albums. Magnapop's musical style is noted for blending the pop vocals and melodies of Hopper with the aggressive, punk-influenced guitar-playing of Morris and her back-up vocal harmonies. edit   Selected picture Credit: Atlantacitizen One Atlantic Center, also known as IBM Tower, is a skyscraper located in Midtown Atlanta. It is the third-tallest in Atlanta, reaching a height of 820 feet (250 m) with 50 stories of office space. It was completed in 1987 and remained the tallest building in Atlanta until 1992, when it was surpassed by the Bank of America Plaza, which was also built in Midtown. It was also the tallest building in the southeastern U.S. at the time of completion, surpassing the Southeast Financial Center in Miami. edit   WikiProjects You are invited to participate in Atlanta task force, a task force dedicated to developing and improving articles about the Greater Atlanta area. Main projects Geography • Cities • North America • United States • Georgia (U.S. state) • Atlanta Related projects U.S. Roads • Education in Georgia • Georgia State Routes • Georgia Tech • South Georgia Miami • Jacksonville • New York City What are WikiProjects? edit   Selected biography George Waldo Woodruff (August 27, 1895 - February 4, 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia) was an engineer, businessman, and philanthropist in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended the Georgia School of Technology in 1917 and gave generously to both his alma mater and Emory University, including (in coordination with his brother Robert W. Woodruff) the single largest donation ever to a school, $105 million to Emory University in 1979. edit   Did you know? ...that retired American baseball player Hank Aaron holds ten Atlanta Braves team records? ...that the first modern time capsule was Thornwell Jacobs’ Crypt of Civilization at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia, due to be opened May 28, 8113? ...that Frank Darabont, developer of the television series The Walking Dead, said he went through "four years of frustration" trying to get a network to pick up the pilot episode, "Days Gone Bye"? edit   Categories ▼ Atlanta, Georgia ► Atlanta portal ► Buildings and structures in Atlanta, Georgia ► Crime in Atlanta, Georgia ► Culture of Atlanta, Georgia ► Demographics of Atlanta, Georgia ► Economy of Atlanta, Georgia ► Education in Atlanta, Georgia ► Geography of Atlanta, Georgia ► Government of Atlanta, Georgia ► History of Atlanta, Georgia ► Images of Atlanta, Georgia ► Media in Atlanta, Georgia ► Organizations based in Atlanta, Georgia ► People from Atlanta, Georgia ► Sports in Atlanta, Georgia ► Transportation in Atlanta, Georgia ► Visitor attractions in Atlanta, Georgia ► Atlanta, Georgia stubs edit   Topics edit   Quality content Featured articles Tech Tower Featured lists List of Atlanta Braves team records List of tallest buildings in Atlanta Good articles Atlanta ATL (film) Battle of Atlanta Days Gone Bye 1973 DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Learjet 24 crash Georgia Institute of Technology History of Georgia Tech Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnapop Piedmont Park Kasim Reed Roswell High School (Georgia) The Technique What Lies Ahead Featured pictures File:Cocacola-5cents-1900 edit1.jpg edit   Things you can do edit · history · watch · purge Here are some tasks you can do: Assess: Rate Atlanta related articles from Unassessed Atlanta articles and Category:Unknown-importance Atlanta articles. 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