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Georgia's new official flag
was designed in May 2003. Georgia's
previous, controversial flag
was based on the Confederate
flag, which was a painful reminder
of slavery to many people. It
has three horizontal stripes,
red, white, and red, with a
blue square in the canton position.
In the blue square is a circle
of 13 white, five-pointed stars
around the seal of the state
of Georgia which symbolize the
original 13 colonies. The state
seal shows three pillars which
symbolize the three branches
of government in the USA: the
Legislative, the Executive and
the Judicial. They are under
an arch which symbolize the
Constitution and the year 1776,
and banners reading "CONSTITUTION,"
"JUSTICE," "WISDOM,"
and "MODERATION."
Under the seal is a yellow banner
that states, "GEORGIA'S
HISTORY" and shows five
flags. A man with sword drawn
is defending the Constitution,
whose principles are wisdom,
justice and moderation.
Georgia was the 4th state in
the USA; it became a state on
January 2, 1788. Georgia borders
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee,
North Carolina, South Carolina.
The state capital and largest
city is Atlanta. Georgia is
the tenth most populous state
in the USA. Georgia is centrally
located in the fastest growing
region of the US and is the
4th fastest growing state in
the nation.
Georgia enjoys a consistent
and typically mild southern
climate. Summers are hot and
humid with statewide highs averaging
in the mid-80s. Winter temperatures
are cool but not too cold with
daily highs in the mid-40s.
Warmer conditions exist along
the coastal areas.
Georgia is mountainous in the
north with the Blue Ridge Mountains.
To the south the land is hills
of the Piedmont Plateau and
then the fertile lowlands of
the Coastal Plain. Swampy areas
are found in the south.
Georgia is considered the economic
and cultural center of the southeast.
It is named the peach state
because its temperate climate
with mild winters which makes
it the number one producer of
peaches in the nation. Georgia
also is recognized around the
world as a leader in the poultry
industry. Major Industries are
service industries and manufacturing.
Major manufactures are cotton,
textiles, apparel, timber, carpets,
transportation equipment, processed
foods, and paper. Georgia is
heavily wooded and is a leading
producer of lumber, pulpwood,
and resins and turpentine. Georgia
also provides 60% of the world's
kaolin and is known for its
fine marble. Principal crops
are peanuts, tobacco, corn,
and cotton, and soybeans.
Georgia has 159 counties:
Appling Atkinson
Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow
Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb
Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan
Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun
Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa
Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee
Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay
Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt
Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford
Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb
Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas
Early Echols Effingham Elbert
Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette
Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton
Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon
Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham
Hall Hancock Haralson Harris
Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin
Jackson Jasper Jeff Javis Jefferson
Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar
Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln
Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison
Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether
Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery
Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton
Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach
Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski
Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph
Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven
Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart
Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall
Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas
Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup
Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker
Walton Ware Warren Washington
Wayne Webster Wheeler White
Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson
Worth Campbell/Milton*
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