Įach year Savannah attracts millions of visitors to its cobblestone streets, parks, and notable historic buildings. The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's third-largest, had a 2020 population of 404,798. It is Georgia's fifth-largest city, with a 2020 U.S. 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. 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. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Savannah ( / s ə ˈ v æ n ə/ sə- VAN-ə) is the oldest city in the U.S.
