Athens

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city county seat

Athens is a historic college town in northeastern Georgia, best known as the home of the University of Georgia and for its vibrant music and arts scene.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Athens, Georgia 0
Athens metropolitan area 1
Athens urban area 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 706 ⓘ
762 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distanceTo Athens, Georgia–to–Atlanta, Georgia: approximately 70 miles ⓘ
economicBase healthcare ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
music and arts industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
foundedAs trading settlement ⓘ
governmentType unified city–county government ⓘ
hasBotanicalGarden State Botanical Garden of Georgia ⓘ
hasCulturalVenue The 40 Watt Club ⓘ
surface form: 40 Watt Club

Classic Center ⓘ
Georgia Theatre ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Boulevard Historic District ⓘ
Cobbham Historic District ⓘ
Downtown Athens Historic District ⓘ
Milledge Avenue Historic District ⓘ
hasMuseum Georgia Museum of Art ⓘ
hasNickname The Classic City ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Georgia Bulldogs baseball ⓘ
Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball ⓘ
surface form: Georgia Bulldogs basketball

Georgia Bulldogs football ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Clarke County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor University of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
arts scene ⓘ
college town atmosphere ⓘ
music scene ⓘ
locatedIn Clarke County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northeast Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Georgia
locatedOnRiver Oconee River NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicSceneAssociatedAct Of Montreal ⓘ
R.E.M. ⓘ
The B-52s ⓘ
Widespread Panic ⓘ
namedAfter Athens ⓘ
surface form: Athens, Greece
nearbyMajorCity Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
partOf Athens-Clarke County ⓘ
surface form: Athens–Clarke County, Georgia
postalCodePrefix 306 ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
transportation Athens Transit System ⓘ
surface form: Athens Transit
universityFounded University of Georgia founded 1785 ⓘ

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subject surface form: College of Engineering (University of Georgia)
this entity surface form: Athens urban area
this entity surface form: Athens metropolitan area