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Athens

consolidated city-county and county seat of Clarke County, Georgia, United States
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Athens was founded on January 1, 1806 .

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Clarke County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Oconee River[5]
  • Head of government: Kelly Girtz[6]
  • Instance of: municipality of Georgia[7], consolidated city-county[8], big city[9], county seat[10]
  • Named after: Athens[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Iași[12], Athens[13], Cortona[14], Kamianets-Podilskyi[15], Seodaemun District[16], Geelong[17]
  • Postal code: 30601[18], 30602[19], 30603[20], 30604[21], 30605[22], 30606[23], 30607[24], 30608[25], 30609[26]
  • Commons category: Athens, Georgia[27]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[28]
  • Local dialing code: 706[29]
  • Inception: January 1, 1806[30]
  • Official website: http://www.athensclarkecounty.com/[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Athens, Georgia[32]
  • Population: 115,452[33], 127,315[34]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Athens, Georgia[35]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[37], The New Student's Reference Work[38]
  • Capital of: Clarke County[39]
  • Official name: Athens-Clarke County Unified Government[40], Athens[41]
  • Category for people born here: Q8044251[42]
  • Category for people who died here: Q17024045[43]
  • Number of households: 49,556[44]
  • Native label: Athens[45]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Athens, Georgia[46]
  • Elevation above sea level: 194 m[47]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 306.014258 km²[48] and 306.015258 km²[49].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Athens include Athens Ben Epps Airport[50], an airport[51], in United States[52].

Why It Matters

Athens has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Athens is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Entities named for Athens include Athens Ben Epps Airport[50], an airport[51], in United States[52].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . accgov.com. Retrieved . accgov.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . georgia.org. georgia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . eu.onlineathens.com. eu.onlineathens.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . accgov.com. accgov.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . kam-pod.gov.ua. kam-pod.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . eu.onlineathens.com. eu.onlineathens.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  28. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Gelli1742 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 33.955277777778, 'lon': -83.383055555556}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+194'}
    Postal code → 30601, 30602, 30603 +6
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