Georgia (U.S. state)

This article is about Georgia (U.S. state). For other uses of the term Georgia, please see Georgia (disambiguation).

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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 (U.S. state) and North Carolina.

The state capital is Atlanta.

See also

U.S. States and Territories