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Georgia
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Fun facts

• State bird Brown Thrasher
• State flower Cherokee Rose
• State tree Live Oak
• State capitol Atlanta
• Population6,197,140
• Total area 59,441
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Region and climate

• The Climate is perfect for making wine.
• There are more than 500 different kinds of wine.
• All the mountains in Georgia which border the
  state protects it from cold and warm air.
• The climate stays the around a mild temperature
  because of it.
• The states that border it is North Carolina,
  South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.

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Major cities
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• Atlanta, it started out with a person building
  their cabin there. Then it became a railroad hub
  and kept growing until it became Atlanta.
• Columbus is the second largest city in Georgia.
• Macon is known for its shipping, clay, steel and
  lots of other minerals that are mined.
• Augusta is the central trading center for Georgia
  and South Carolina.
• Savannah is the leading city in Georgia for goods.

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landforms

• Brasstown Bald is the highest peak in Georgia.
• Tallulah falls is one of the biggest mountains in
  Georgia.
• Lookout peak is one of the most favorite
  landforms in Georgia.
• Amicalola falls
• Toccou falls

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Tourist attractions

• Georgia Aquarium is the biggest aquarium in the
  world.
• Appalachian Trail goes from Georgia to Maine.
• Atlanta Braves baseball field
• The house of Martin Luther King Jr.

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History

• When it was about 1000 AD. There was a
  confederacy war in the place that is now Georgia
  against the England army and the woodland
  Indians.
• One of the worlds most dedicated person to making
  other people equal to each other no matter what
  they looked like. He was Martin Luther King Jr.
  He was born in Atlanta.

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History

• The president Jimmy Carter was born in Georgia
  on a peanut farm. When he was 5 he sold peanuts
  on the road. Then when he was an adult he worked
  on the farm until he got into politics.
• Andrew young was the first African American to
  the south elected to the U.S. congress. Then he
  became a ambassador. Then he became the mayor
  for Atlanta.
• There also was something called the trail of
  tears which the Cherokee were forced out of there
  homes and sent us government to move thousand of
  miles away.

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Why you would want to live here and why you may
not

• You might want to live here because there are
  lots of job opportunities.
• You would really want to live in Atlanta because
  it has lots of places to work
• It also has lots of hospitals in a 10 minute
  drive from were ever you live.
• There is also good soil to grow crops if youre a
  farmer.

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Why you would want to live here and why you may
not

• There is also a good mild climate so it is
  usually always good to go outside and play.
• They are always homes being built and for sale.
• There are also lots of things to do if you want
  to see something exciting.

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Cited

• Go Grolier, website
• America the beautiful, website
• Info bots, website
• I always had a shade of orange color in the
  background because Georgia is known for its
  hundreds of peach fields and peaches are orange.
• Portrait of America, Georgia, book