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The largest state in the southeast, Georgia is typical of the changing South with an ever-increasing industrial development. Atlanta, largest city in the state, is the communications and transportation center for the Southeast and the area's chief distributor of goods.

Georgia was admitted to United States as a State on March 3, 1845 as the 4th State

GOVERNMENT AND POPULATION DATA

• Form of Government - Elected Governor and Legislature
• Current Governor - Sonny Perdue, R (until Jan. 2011)
• 13 U.S. Congressional Districts and Representatives
• 2 U.S. Senators
    -  Saxby Chambliss (R) (until Jan. 2009)
    -  Johnny Isakson (R) (until Jan. 2011)
• Capital - Atlanta
• Population - Just Over 9 Million
• State Flower - Cherokee Rose
• State Nickname - The "Peach" State

GEOGRPAHY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

• Total Area of the State - 59,425 Square Miles
    -  22nd Largest State in the U.S. in Total Area
• Land Area - 57,906 Square Miles
• Total Water Area - 1,519 Square Miles

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