Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia
City
City of Savannah
Clockwise from top: downtown Savannah viewed from Bay Street, Forsyth Park, River Street, Talmadge Memorial Bridge with the Port of Savannah on the Savannah River, Savannah Victorian Historic District, Savannah College of Art and Design, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah Historic District,
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Nickname(s): "The Hostess City of the South"
Location in Chatham County and the state of Georgia
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Coordinates: 32°1′N 81°7′W / 32.017°N 81.117°W / 32.017; -81.117Coordinates: 32°1′N 81°7′W / 32.017°N 81.117°W / 32.017; -81.117
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Chatham
Government
• Mayor	Eddie DeLoach
• City Manager	Rob Hernandez
Area
• City	108.7 sq mi (281.5 km2)
• Land	103.1 sq mi (267.1 km2)
• Water	5.6 sq mi (14.4 km2)
Elevation	49 ft (15 m)
Population (est. 2015)
• City	145,674
• Density	1,321.2/sq mi (510.1/km2)
• Metro	379,199
• Demonym	Savannahian
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
ZIP codes	31401-31499
Area code(s)	912
FIPS code	13-69000
GNIS feature ID	0322590
Website	SavannahGA.gov

Savannah (/səˈvænə/) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fifth-largest city and third-largest metropolitan area.

Each year Savannah attracts millions of visitors to its cobblestone streets, parks, and notable historic buildings: the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA), the Georgia Historical Society (the oldest continually operating historical society in the South), the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (one of the South's first public museums), the First African Baptist Church (one of the oldest African-American Baptist congregations in the United States), Temple Mickve Israel (the third oldest synagogue in America), and the Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse complex (the oldest standing antebellum rail facility in America).