Back مقاطعة أتالا (ميسيسيبي) Arabic Attala County, Mississippi BAR Атала (окръг, Мисисипи) Bulgarian আত্তালা কাউন্টি, মিসিসিপি BPY Attala Gông (Mississippi) CDO Атала (гуо, Миссисипи) CE Attala County CEB Attala County, Mississippi Welsh Attala County Danish Attala County German
Attala County | |
|---|---|
 Attala County courthouse in Kosciusko | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi | |
 Mississippi's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 33°05′N 89°35′W / 33.09°N 89.58°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Mississippi |
| Founded | 1833 |
| Seat | Kosciusko |
| Largest city | Kosciusko |
| Area | |
• Total | 737 sq mi (1,910 km2) |
| • Land | 735 sq mi (1,900 km2) |
| • Water | 1.7 sq mi (4 km2) 0.2% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 17,889 |
| • Density | 24/sq mi (9.4/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 2nd |
| Website | www |
Attala County (/ˈætələ/ AT-əl-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,889.[1] Its county seat is Kosciusko.[2] Attala County is named for Atala, a fictional Native American heroine from an early-19th-century novel of the same name by François-René de Chateaubriand.[3]
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Attala County, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.