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242  THE SOUTHEAST

The Southeast at a Glance

Although the five Southeast states – North and South
Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia – share a
common history and culture, they are quite distinct
from one another. The region covers three different
topographical areas. To the east, the low-lying coastal
plains along the Atlantic include the historic cities of
Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina,
bordered by pristine beaches. The central Blue Ridge
and Appalachian Mountains hold acres and acres of
stunningly scenic wilderness, while in the inland foothill Lexington (see p272) is Kentucky’s
cities of Louisville, Kentucky, and Tennessee’s twin music main horse-breeding center. Visitors
capitals, Nashville and Memphis are linked to the Gulf are allowed access to most of the
stud farms surrounding the city.
of Mexico by the Mississippi and other broad rivers.
Atlanta is the main commercial center.

Louisville
Lexington
Owensboro Elizabethtown
KENTUCKY Pikeville
Paducah (See pp270–73) Somerset
London
Bowling Green
Kingsport
Union City
Nashville Cookeville Winston-Salem Greensboro Rocky Mount
Dyersburg Knoxville Durham Beaufort
TENNESSEE Asheville NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh
Jackson Columbia (See pp264–69) (See pp250–53)
Nashville (see pp266–7) is Memphis Charlotte New Bern
Tennessee’s state capital as well Chattanooga Fayetteville
as the nation’s country music Laurinburg Jacksonville
capital. The city’s ever-evolving Greenville
downtown, with its lively Dahlonega SOUTH CAROLINA
restaurants, cafés, and nightclubs, Greenwood (See pp254–57) Wilmington
is the center of action, day Florence
and night. Athens Columbia Myrtle Beach
Atlanta
Orangeburg
GEORGIA Augusta
(See pp258–63)
La Grange Macon Charleston
Dublin Statesboro
Columbus
Savannah
Cordele
Jesup
Albany
Brunswick
Atlanta (see pp262–3), Georgia’s Waycross
capital, is the place where Coca- Bainbridge
Cola was born in the 1880s. Since Valdosta
then, the drink has become an
international favorite. The hard-
hitting TV news channel, CNN, is
also based in Atlanta.
Colorful azaleas blooming among the trees in one of Charleston’s plantation gardens

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