Atlanta is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Georgia, and the core city of the ninth most populous United States metropolitan area at 5,278,904. It is the county seat of Fulton County, although a small portion of the city extends into DeKalb County. Residents of the city are known as Atlantans.

As of July 2007, the city of Atlanta had a population of 519,145, and a combined statistical area population of 5,626,400. Since most of Atlanta's population techinically lies in its suburbs, it ranks as the 7th largest metropolitan area in the United States, roughly identical to Miami, but the 33rd largest city.

Atlanta has in recent years undergone a transition from a city of regional commerce to a city of international influence, and has been among the fastest growing cities in the developed world for much of the 1990s and 2000s. Between 2000 and 2006, the metropolitan area grew by 20.5%, making it the fastest growing metropolitan area in the nation.

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