Capital: Atlanta
Official Name: State of Georgia
Organized as a territory: April 24, 1802
Entered Union (rank): January 2, 1788 (4th)
Present constitution adopted: 1983
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Created municipal corporation: Feb. 21, 1871
Mayor: Muriel Bowser (to Dec. 2018)
Motto: Justitia omnibus (Justice to all)
Flower: American beauty rose; Tree: Scarlet oak…
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