The state theatre of Georgia is the Springer Opera House located in Columbus. 1 in business", "No. [123] The area is also popular with golfers. Additionally Robert E. Lee’s horse, Traveler, is also carved at the same place. The painting depicts a sweeping view of the Civil War battle of Atlanta. [52] In addition, according to census estimates, Georgia ranks third among the states in terms of the percent of the total population that is African American (after Mississippi and Louisiana) and third in numeric Black population after New York and Florida. More importantly, any Georgian descended from a veteran of any of these wars also was exempted. Georgia’s population in 1776 was around 40,000. The villages of Bochorna and Ushguli are the highest permanent settlements in Europe at 2,345 and 2,100 meters above sea level, respectively. Black Panther, I, Tonya, Stranger Things, and why MCU = ATL". Atlanta is mentioned in a number of these artists' tracks, such as Usher's "A-Town Down" reference in his 2004 hit "Yeah!" Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. The latter factor is felt chiefly in the mountainous areas of the northern part of the state, which are farther away from the ocean and can be 4500 feet (1350 m) above sea level. The largest Farmer’s Market of its kind is located in Forest Park. [96][97], In 2016, Georgia had median annual income per person of between $50,000 and $59,999, which is in inflation-adjusted dollars for 2016. You are not allowed to hook a giraffe to a pole or street lamp in Georgia and eat chicken single-handedly. Georgia is in the top five blueberry producers in the United States.[99]. Wesleyan College is the birthplace of the first sororities as it became the first college in the world to grant degrees to women in 1839. Gainesville in northeast Georgia touts itself as the Poultry Capital of the World. Until 1964, Georgia's state government had the longest unbroken record of single-party dominance, by the Democratic Party, of any state in the Union. Although a minimum test score is not required for the student to receive credit in the course, completion of the test is mandatory. Also, as of 2004[update], females made up approximately 50.6% of the population and African Americans made up approximately 29.6%. [30] Georgia is one of the leading states in frequency of tornadoes, though they are rarely stronger than EF1. Good thing he's visiting the Peach State—otherwise known as Georgia—to check out cool cities like Atlanta and awesome outdoor activities. Yellow jasmine and mountain laurel make up just a few of the flowering shrubs in the state. The name consists of two parts: Kartveli, which refers to an inhabitant of the core central Georgian region of Karli-Iberia, and the circumfix sa-o is a usual geographic for indicating the “land where Kartveli live.” It’s not known where the English name of the country came from, though there is a theory that might explain it. In December 1864, a large swath of the state from Atlanta to Savannah was destroyed during General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea. Because by 1908 many white Georgia males were grandsons of veterans and/or owned the required property, the exemption and the property requirement basically allowed only well-to-do whites to vote. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport moves over 650,000 tons of cargo annually through three cargo complexes (two million square feet of floor space). Georgia became the first state to change the legal voting age from 21 to 18 in 1945. The population of the Atlanta metropolitan area added 1.23 million people (24 percent) between 2000 and 2010, and Atlanta rose in rank from the eleventh-largest metropolitan area in the United States to the ninth-largest. [25], The most popular freshwater game fish are trout, bream, bass, and catfish, all but the last of which are produced in state hatcheries for restocking. In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork. Georgia's primary commercial airport is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), the world's busiest airport. It houses more than a hundred thousand animals and represents several thousand species, all of which reside in 38 million liters (10 million US gallons) of marine and salt water. [108] This ranks Georgia 25th among the states for total state and local tax burden. [131] Other historic sites and parks are supervised by the National Park Service and include the Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville; Appalachian National Scenic Trail; Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area near Atlanta; Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park at Fort Oglethorpe; Cumberland Island National Seashore near St. Marys; Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island; Fort Pulaski National Monument in Savannah; Jimmy Carter National Historic Site near Plains; Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park near Kennesaw; Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta; Ocmulgee National Monument at Macon; Trail of Tears National Historic Trail; and the Okefenokee Swamp in Waycross, Georgia[132].