GEORGIA ON MY MIND

Georgia on My Mind es una canción escrita en 1930 por Hoagy Carmichael (música), y la letra por Stuart Gorrell. Esta es la canción oficial del estado estadounidense de Georgia (Estados Unidos). La canción era un homenaje a la hermana de Carmichael, cuyo nombre era Georgia. Mucha gente piensa que la letra se refiere al estado sureño del mismo nombre, pero no es así. Ray Charles había popularizado la canción y el estado de Georgia adoptó la canción más tarde como su himno.

Georgia (i/ˈdʒɔrdʒⁱə/) is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. Named after King George II of Great Britain, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 21, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870. Georgia is the 24th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta is the state's capital and its most populous city.

Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina. The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the Appalachian Mountains system. The central piedmont extends from the foothills to the fall line, where the rivers cascade down in elevation to the continental coastal plain of the southern part of the state. The highest point in Georgia is Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet (1,458 m); the lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean.

Georgia is the most extensive state east of the Mississippi River in terms of land area, although it is the fourth most extensive (after Michigan, Florida, and Wisconsin) in total area, a term which includes expanses of water which are part of state territory.

State symbols

A Brown Thrasher, Georgia's state bird in High Island, Texas

Rosa laevigata, Cherokee Rose the state flower of Georgia.Amphibian: American Green Tree Frog

Bird: Brown Thrasher

Butterfly: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Fish: Largemouth bass

Flower: Cherokee Rose

Insect: European honey bee

Mammal: Right whale

Reptile: Gopher tortoise

Tree: Live oak

Dance: Square dance

Food: Grits, Peach, Vidalia onion

Fossil: Shark tooth

Gem: Quartz

Mineral: Staurolite

Rock: Granite

Shell: Knobbed Whelk

Soil: Tifton

Song: Georgia on My Mind

Nicknames: Peach State, Empire State of the South.