Annual Congress on
Mycology and Fungal Infections

Atlanta is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Georgia with an estimated 2015 population of 463,878.Atlanta is the cultural and economic centre of Atlanta metropolitan area.It is the ninth largest metropolitan area in United States.Atlanta was established in 1837 at the intersection of two railway lines. and the city rose from the ashes of Americn Civil War to becoame a national center of commerce.
Atlanta is exerting a significant impact on commerce ,research, technology education and media,art and entertainment.It has a GDP of $270 billion.Alantais marked by rolling hills an dense tree coverage.

Atlanta encompsses 134.0 sq miles of which 133.3 sq miles is land and rest is water.The city is situated at the foothills of Applachian Mountain.Most of the city was burned during the Civil War depleting the city of the large stock of its historic architecture.The city contains three major high rise districts naey Downtown, Midtown, and Buckheads.
Atlanta is divided into 242 officially defined neighbourhoods.It has a humid subtropical climate.Encompassing $304 billion Atlanta metropolitan area is the eighth largest economy in USA while seventeenth largest in the world.Atlanta contains the country's third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies and the city is te headquater of the corporations such as The Coca Cola Company,The Home Depo,Delta Airlines,AT&T Mobility and a few more.