Augusta

Augusta formally Augusta– Richmond County, is a united city-region on the focal eastern fringe of the U.S. province of Georgia. The city lies over the Savannah River from South Carolina at the leader of its traversable bit. Georgia's second-biggest city after Atlanta, Augusta is situated in the Piedmont segment of the state. The Augusta metropolitan region is arranged in both Georgia and South Carolina on the two sides of the Savannah River. Augusta's warm atmosphere made it a noteworthy resort town of the Eastern United States in the early and mid-twentieth century. The city was named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha 1719– 1772. As indicated by the U.S. Enumeration Bureau, Augusta-Richmond County had a 2017 evaluated populace of 197,166, not including the unconsolidated urban communities of Blythe and Hephzibah. It is the 122nd biggest city in the United States.

The procedure of combination between the City of Augusta and Richmond County started with a 1995 choice in the two wards. The merger was finished on July 1, 1996. Augusta is the important city of the Augusta– Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which starting at 2017 had an expected populace of 600,151, making it the second-biggest metro territory in the state. It is the 93rd biggest MSA in the United States. Universally, Augusta is best known for facilitating The Masters golf competition each spring. The Masters brings more than 200,000 guests from over the world to the Augusta National Golf Club. Participation at Augusta National is broadly thought to be the most elite in the game of golf over the world. Augusta is around two hours east of downtown Atlanta via auto using I-20.