Savannah, GA

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Savannah, GA

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A City of History
Founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe Was the
first colonial and state capital of GA Known as
Americas first planned city

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Location and Geography
Covers 78.1 square miles, of which, 3.4 square
miles is water Serves as the primary port on
the Savannah River Located along the U.S.
Intracoastal Waterway

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Climate

• Temperatures as high as 105
• degrees and as low as 3
• degrees have been recorded.

Savannah experiences many summertime
thunderstorms but rarely experiences snow.

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Population and Demographics

• Savannah has a population of 127,889 and
• ranks 3rd among Georgia cities in total
• population.
• In the 2000 census there were 51, 375
• households in the city.
• The average household size was 2.45 and the
• average family size was 3.13.
• The median age for people in Savannah was
• 32 years.

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Economy
The median income for a household in the city was
29,038.00 About 17.7 of families and 21.8 of
the population were below the poverty line
JCB, the third largest producer of construction
equipment in the world, built its North American
Headquarters in Savannah.

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Education
Savannah is home to four colleges and
universities offering bachelor's, master's and
professional doctorate degree programs
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah
College of Art and Design, Savannah State
University, and South University.

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Transportation
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport is
located west of Savannah off Interstate 95.
Airlines serving this airport are Delta, Delta
Connection, Northwest Airlink, Continental
Express, United Express, US Airways, Airtran and
American Eagle.
Amtrak operates a passenger terminal at Savannah
for the Palmetto and Silver Service trains
running between New York City and Miami, Florida
with three southbound and three northbound
trains stopping at the station daily.

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Squares

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The Riverwalk

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Paddle Boats

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Points of Interest

• Fort Pulaski
• Oatland Island Education Center
• Forsyth Park
• City Market
• Riverwalk
• Telfair Museum of Art
• Historic Cemeteries

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Wormsloe Plantation
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Savannah, GA
Fort Pulaski

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