Dotan (Alabama)

Dotan  /ˈdoʊθən/ ABŞ-nin Alabama ştatının cənub-şərq küncündə, Corciya sərhəddindən 32 km qərbdə və Florida sərhəddindən 26 km şimalda yerləşən şəhər. Deyl və Henri qraflığına qədər uzanan şəhər Hyuston qraflığının inzibati mərkəzidir. Adı Yaradılış 37:17: "Dotana gedək." ifadəsindən götürülmüşdür. 2010-cu il əhalinin siyahıyaalma məlumatına əsasən şəhərin əhalisi 65,496 nəfərdir.^[5]

Dotan
31°13′38″ şm. e. 85°24′26″ q. u.HGYO
Ölkə	ABŞ[1]
Tarixi və coğrafiyası
Əsası qoyulub	1885
Sahəsi	233,001705 km²[2] 232,383852 km² (1 aprel 2010)[3]
Mərkəzin hündürlüyü	98 ± 1 m
Saat qurşağı	Mərkəzi saat qurşağı
Əhalisi
Əhalisi	71.072 nəf. (1 aprel 2020)[4][4]
Rəqəmsal identifikatorlar
Telefon kodu	+1 334
Poçt indeksi	36301–36305, 36301, 36303
Digər
dothan.org
Dotan
Vikianbarda əlaqəli mediafayllar

• Official website
• Dothan Chamber of Commerce
• Historic photos Arxivləşdirilib 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Landmark Park

Dotan Ceniva, Henri və Hyuston qraflıqlarını əhatə edən Dotan Metropoliten Statistik Sahəsinin əsas şəhəridir; Deyl qraflığına uzanan kiçik bir hissəsi isə Enterprays-Ozark Mikropolitan Sahəsinə aiddir. 2010-cu ildə Dotan metropoliten ərazisinin ümumi əhalisi 145,639 nəfər olmuşdur.^[6] The city serves as the main transportation and commercial hub for a significant part of southeastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and nearby portions of the Florida Panhandle. Since approximately one-fourth of the U.S. peanut crop is produced nearby, with much of it being processed in the city, Dothan is sometimes referred to as "The Peanut Capital of the World". Dothan also hosts the annual National Peanut Festival at the dedicated "Peanut Festival Fairgrounds".^[7]

İndiki Dotan ərazisində min illərlə yerli xalqların mədəniyyətləri mövcud olmuşdur. Qədim zamanlarda bu ərazini əhatə edən geniş şam meşələri ovculuq və toplayıcılıqla məşğul olan Alabama və Krik hindu qəbilələri tərəfindən zəbt olunmuşdu. Bu qəbilələr yüksək inkişaf etmiş mədəniyyətə malik olmuş, iki yolun kəsişməsində yerləşən bulağın yaxınlığnda ticarət məqsədi ilə görüşlər təşkil edirdilər.

1763-1783-cü illər arasında Dotan ərazisi Britaniya Qərbi Floridasının bir hissəsi olmuşdu.^[8] European-American settlers moving through the area during the late 18th and early 19th centuries discovered the Indian spring, naming it "Poplar Head". Most felt that the sandy soil common to this region would be unsuitable for farming, so they moved on. A crude stockade was constructed on the Barber Plantation, where settlers could take refuge whenever they felt threatened. This fort disappeared by the 1840s, after the end of the Indian Wars in Alabama and the removal of most members of the Five Civilized Tribes to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. ^{[citation needed]} Some Indians stayed in the region, becoming state and US citizens by giving up their tribal membership.

Dotan Alabamanın cənub-şərqində, Hyuston qraflığının şimal-qərbində yerləşir. Şəhərin hüdudları şimalda Henri qraflığına və şimal-qərbdə Deyl qraflığına qədər uzanır. ABŞ Siyahıyaalma Bürosu məlumatına görə şəhərin ümumi ərazisi 89.7 square miles (232.4 km²) olub bundan 89.4 square miles (231.5 km²) quru və 0.31 square miles (0.8 km²) və ya 0.36%-i sudur.^[5]

Dothan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). This produces hot, humid summers and generally mild winters, with average high temperatures ranging from 92 °F (33 °C) in the summer to 59 °F (15 °C) high during winter. Snowfall is an extremely rare event – a two-inch snowfall occurs about once every ten years, which results in a yearly average of 0.2 inches (5.1 mm).^[9] Tornadoes are a frequent risk during the spring, summer and fall; the city's tornado activity is slightly below the Alabama state average, but 79% above the U.S. average.^[10]

The majority of K-12 students in Dothan and Houston County attend Dothan City Schools,^[11] or Houston County Schools.^[12] Others attend local private schools such as Houston Academy,^[13] Providence Christian School,^[14] Northside Methodist Academy,^[15] Emmanuel Christian School,^[16] or Westgate Christian School.^[17] Institutes of higher education include Fortis College, Troy University Dothan Campus,^[18] Wallace Community College, Bethany Divinity College & Seminary,^[19] and the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine.^[20]

Hava limanı Milli Hava Xidmətinin yerli hava müşahidə stansiyası kimi xidmət edir.^[21]

Dotanda iki xəstəxana mövcuddur : Southeast Alabama Medical Center şəhərin yeganə ictimai xəstəxanasıdır və şəhərin cənub-şərqində yerləşir. Dotanın qərbində yerləşən Flowers Hospital isə özəl xəstəxanadır. Southeast Alabama Medical Center 18 may 2010-cu ildə ştatın 400 nəfərlik ilkin yardım həkim çatışmazlığını həll etmək məqsədi ilə Alabamanın ilk Sümük Xəstəlikləri Tibb Kollecinin tikintisini başladığını elan etdi. The Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, ACOM,^[22] 29 iyul 2013-cü ildə təsis edilmiş və 2017-ci ildə ilk məzunlarını verəcəkdir. 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m²) əraziyə malik müəsisənin 2007-ci ildə 100 milyon $-dan artıq iqtisadi təsirə malik olacağı düşünülür.

Dotan çoxsahəli iqtisadiyyata malikdir. Agriculture is the largest industry, though retail sales and restaurants have experienced a rapid growth in recent years. Although peanut production remains a mainstay of the agricultural sector, cotton is gaining in importance. Tomato production is locally significant as well, especially in the nearby town of Slocomb, which styles itself "the Tomato Capital of the World".^[23]

Şəhərin 2011-ci il Kompleks İllik Maliyyə Hesabatına görə,^[24] əsas işəgötürənlər bunlardır :

#	İşəgötürən	İşçi sayı
1	Southeast Alabama Medical Center	2,500
2	Dothan City & Houston County Schools	1,973
3	Flowers Hospital	1,100
4	City of Dothan	927
5	Southern Nuclear (Farley)	860
6	Perdue Farms	800
7	Michelin	542
8	AAA Cooper	425
9	Hyuston Qraflığı	392
10	Twitchell	387

• Andy Andrews, motivational speaker and self-help author
• William A. Barks-Dale, Ph.D., International Songwriter of Sacred Music (Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc.) and GIA Music and Principal Owner of Events with Barks-Dale
• Bill Baxley, former Alabama Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor, born and raised in Dothan
• Brad Baxter, former NFL running back
• Tony Bowick, former NFL and Arena Football League player
• Larry Brackins, professional football wide receiver
• Johnny Mack Brown, born and raised in Dothan, All-American college football player at the University of Alabama and Hollywood film actor
• Buddy Buie, songwriter, producer, and publisher
• Matt Cain, starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, born in Dothan
• Elaine Cheris, fencer who competed in the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics
• Mike Clark, former professional football defensive end
• W. M. Cooper, who published a revision of B. F. White's popular song book The Sacred Harp in 1902, a collection of shape note hymns, important to religious revivals in the South
• Jimmy Cross, radio producer and singer
• Ashley Davis, Miss Alabama 2010
• Lawrence Dawsey, former NFL wide receiver
• Charles Bernard Day, federal judge
• Frank Dempsey, former NFL player
• Donna D'Errico, actress and model
• Gardner Dickinson, a 7-time PGA Tour champion golfer, born in Dothan
• William Gray Espy, actor (the original Snapper Foster of The Young and the Restless), born in Dothan
• Terry Everett, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Jim Farmer, former professional basketball player
• Richmond Flowers, Sr., former Attorney General of Alabama and opponent of segregation, born and raised in Dothan
• Richmond Flowers, former professional football player
• Allen Forrest, rapper, singer-songwriter, music producer, known by the stage name Matchstik
• Jordan Gatlin, YouTube sensation, currently at Auburn University^[25]
• Artis Gilmore, Jacksonville University center and later Most Valuable Player of the American Basketball Association, attended middle and high school in Dothan
• Bobby Goldsboro, singer noted for his 1968 Top 40 No. 1 hit "Honey", grew up in Dothan and graduated from Dothan High School
• Thom Goolsby, former member of the North Carolina State Senate
• Ken Grimwood, fantasy fiction author
• Gabe Gross, a former quarterback and baseball All-American for Auburn University, former pro baseball player
• Kevin Jackson, former professional football safety
• Robert Reynolds "Bob" Jones, Sr., evangelist and founder of Bob Jones University, reared in the Brannon Stand community west of Dothan, 1884–1899
• David Kelton, former Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs
• Dale Kennington, contemporary artist working in the style of New American Realism, lives in Dothan
• Eddie Kirkland, electric blues guitarist and songwriter
• Burton Lawless, former offensive lineman in the National Football League
• Charles Marsh, Dothan High School, class of 1976; award-winning author and professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia
• Mickey McGowan, former professional baseball pitcher
• Jim Parkman, criminal defense lawyer
• Eulace Peacock, track and field athlete
• Ricky Polston, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 2012 to 2014
• Izell Reese, former NFL defensive back
• Larry Roberts, former NFL defensive end
• Clint Robinson, Major League Baseball first baseman
• Robert Edwin Russ, founder of Ruston, Louisiana, lived near Dothan in his early years^[26]
• Patti Rutland, dance choreographer
• Steadman S. Shealy, former American football player and attorney
• Haywood Sullivan, former Major League Baseball player
• Jamie Thomas, creator of two skateboard companies and a shoe company, grew up in Dothan
• Mark Walker, congressman from North Carolina
• P. J. Walters, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Heather Whitestone, former Miss America, born and raised in Dothan
• Charles H. Wright, physician and founder of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

• Sakado, Yaponiya (1988-ci ildən)
• Alahuela, Kosta-Rika (1989-ci ildən)