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'''Georgia''' is one of the 13 states of the [[United States of America]] that declared themselves independent on the fourth of July 1776.  Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, as the fifth of the original seven [[Confederate States of America]]. After the [[American Civil War]] it joined the Union again on July 15, 1870.
'''Georgia''' is a state in the southeast of the [[United States of America]].  It was one of the original thirteen states forming a union in 1776.  In the [[American Civil War]] (1861-1865), Georgia was one of the eleven states that seceded the United States to form the [[Confederate States of America]].  


Georgia's area is 58,910 square miles (152,576 square kilometers) and its estimated population is 9,685,744 (in 2008). Georgia is bordered on the south by [[Florida]]; on the east by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and [[South Carolina]]; on the west by [[Alabama]] and by [[Florida]] in the extreme southwest; and on the north by [[Tennessee]] and [[North Carolina]].  
Georgia is bordered on the south by [[Florida (U.S. state)|Florida]]; on the east by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and [[South Carolina (U.S. state)|South Carolina]]; on the west by [[Alabama (U.S. state)]] and by [[Florida (U.S. state)|Florida]] in the extreme southwest; and on the north by [[Tennessee (U.S. state)|Tennessee]] and [[North Carolina (U.S. state)]].  


The state capital and largest city is [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]].
The state capital is [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]].
 
==See also==
[[United States of America/Catalogs/States and Territories|U.S. States and Territories]]
 
==Notes==
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Georgia is a state in the southeast of the United States of America. It was one of the original thirteen states forming a union in 1776. In the American Civil War (1861-1865), Georgia was one of the eleven states that seceded the United States to form the Confederate States of America.

Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama (U.S. state) and by Florida in the extreme southwest; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina (U.S. state).

The state capital is Atlanta.

See also

U.S. States and Territories

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