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Atlanta metropolitan area
Metro Atlanta
, designated by the
United States Office of Management and Budget
as the
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
, is the most populous metro area in the US state of
Georgia
and the ninth-largest
metropolitan statistical area
(MSA) in the
United States
. It is the core of the broader
Atlanta--Athens-Clarke--Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area
. Its economic, cultural, and demographic center is
Atlanta
, Georgia's
capital
and largest city. The Atlanta Combined Statistical area spans up to 39 counties in
north Georgia
and one in
North Carolina
. It had an estimated population of over 6.2 million people. Atlanta is considered an "
alpha(-) world city
". It is the third largest metropolitan region in the
Southeast
behind
Greater Washington
and
South Florida
.
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