Atlanta, Georgia
State capital and city
City of Atlanta
From top to bottom, left to right: Downtown Atlanta skyline seen from Old Fourth Ward, the Center for Civil and Human Rights,World of Coca-Cola, CNN Center, Ebenezer Baptist Church at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, the Georgia State Capitol, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,Midtown Atlanta skyline from Piedmont Park, Krog Street Tunnel, and Swan House at the Atlanta History Center
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  The city in a Forest, The ATL, The A, Nicknames of Atlanta
Motto(s):  Resurgens (Latin for rising again)
City highlighted in Fulton County, location of Fulton County in the state of Georgia
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Coordinates: 33°45′18″N 84°23′24″WCoordinates: 33°45′18″N 84°23′24″W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Counties	Fulton, DeKalb
Terminus	1837
Marthasville	1843
City of Atlanta	December 29, 1847
Government
• Mayor	Keisha Lance Bottoms (D)
• Body	Atlanta City Council
Area
• State capital and city	134.0 sq mi (347.1 km2)
• Land	133.2 sq mi (344.9 km2)
• Water	0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2)
• Urban	1,963 sq mi (5,080 km2)
• Metro	8,376 sq mi (21,690 km2)
Elevation	738 to 1,050 ft (225 to 320 m)
Population  (2010)
• State capital and city	420,003 (US: 38th)
• Estimate  (2017)[10]	486,290
• Density	3,547/sq mi (1,370/km2)
• Urban	4,975,300
• Urban density	5,180/sq mi (1,999/km2)
• Metro	5,884,736[7] (9th)
• Metro density	1,350/sq mi (522/km2)
• CSA	6,451,262[8] (11th)
• Demonym	Atlantan[9]
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	30060, 30301–30322, 30324–30334, 30336–30350, 30340, 30353, 30363
Area codes	404/678/470/770
FIPS code	13-04000[11]
GNIS feature ID	0351615[12]
Interstates
Website	atlantaga.gov