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  2. Portal, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Portal is located at (32.537275, -81.931738 According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.6 km 2 ), of which 2.1 square miles (5.5 km 2 ) is land and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km 2 ), or 2.99%, is water.

  3. List of people from Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Blake R. Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech, the first to admit women and fought against segregationist Governor Griffin Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer , artist and architect, women's rights activist Fernando Velasco , football player; born in New York

  4. Georgia's congressional districts - Wikipedia

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    Georgia is represented in the United States House of Representatives by 14 elected representatives, each campaigning and receiving votes in only one district of the 14. After the 2000 census, the State of Georgia was divided into 13 congressional districts, increasing from 11 due to reapportionment. The state was redistricted again in 2005, and ...

  5. Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the northwest, North Carolina to the north, South Carolina to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, Florida to the south, and Alabama to the west. Of the 50 United States, Georgia is the 24th-largest by ...

  6. Demographics of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    10,711,908. 10.6%. Sources: 1910–2020 [1] Georgia is a South Atlantic U.S. state with a population of 10,711,908 according to the 2020 United States census, or just over 3% of the U.S. population. The majority of the state's population is concentrated within Metro Atlanta, although other highly populated regions include: West Central and East ...

  7. List of people from Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    born in Atlanta [1] Sharlotte Neely. Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Northern Kentucky University, author, expert on the Cherokees. lived in Atlanta. Bazoline Estelle Usher. educator and administrator in the Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia Woman of Achievement. lived in Atlanta [2] Blake Ragsdale Van Leer.

  8. Georgia resident dies from rare brain-eating amoeba, health ...

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    A Georgia resident who was likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond has died from a rare brain eating amoeba infection, the Georgia Department of Public Health said. “A ...

  9. Macon, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Macon (/ ˈ m eɪ k ən / MAY-kən), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States.Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname "The Heart of Georgia".