Metro Atlanta
The Atlanta metropolitan area, officially (as designated by the U.S. Census Bureau) known as the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area and unofficially known as metro Atlanta, is the most populous metro area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. Its economic, cultural, and demographic center is Atlanta, Georgia's capital and largest city. The Atlanta metropolitan area spans up to 28 counties in north Georgia and had a total 2010 population of 5,268,860. Atlanta is considered an "alpha(-) world city"
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