Virginia
Virginia is a suburb on the rural outskirts of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. Port Wakefield Road, the main highway taking traffic to the north of Adelaide, passes through the area and used to pass straight through Virginia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,690 residents
- Description: suburb of Adelaide, South Australia
- Also known as: “Virginia, South Australia” and “Virginia, South Australia, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Adelaide International Raceway and Adelaide Motorsport Park.
Adelaide International Raceway
Sports venue
The Adelaide International Raceway is a permanent circuit owned by Australian Motorsport Club Limited under the auspices of the Bob Jane Corporation. The circuit is located 26 km north of Adelaide in South Australia on Port Wakefield Road at Virginia, and is adjacent to Adelaide's premier car racing Dirt track racing venue, Speedway City. Adelaide International Raceway is situated 4 km south of Virginia.
Adelaide Motorsport Park
Sports venue
The Adelaide Motorsport Park, known as Speedway Park from 1979 to 2001 and Speedway City from 1997 to 2016, is a dirt track racing venue located 26 km north of Adelaide in Virginia, South Australia, adjacent to the Adelaide International Raceway. Adelaide Motorsport Park is situated 3½ km south of Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penfield and Lewiston.
Penfield
Suburb
Penfield is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of Playford. William Penfold, one of the first settlers in the area, subdivided land he had bought in the Hundred of Munno Para in 1856 to create the township of Penfield. Penfield is situated 6 km southeast of Virginia.
Lewiston
Village
Lewiston is a semi-rural locality in South Australia, 6 km east of Two Wells, 12 km west of Gawler and 56 km from the Adelaide city centre. At the 2011 census, Lewiston had a population of 2,947. Lewiston is situated 7 km northeast of Virginia.
Direk
Suburb
Direk is a suburb located in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, South Australia. It is bounded by Heaslip Road, Diment Road, Bolivar Road and the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. Direk is situated 8 km southeast of Virginia.
Virginia
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: City of Playford, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.66695° or 34° 40′ 1″ southLongitude
138.56098° or 138° 33′ 40″ eastPopulation
1,690Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)United Nations Location Code
AU VRGOpen location code
4QQW8HM6+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 1894653237OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Virginia” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Virginia (Hegoaldeko Australia)”
- Basque: “Virginia”
- Cebuano: “Virginia”
- Chinese: “維珍尼亞”
- French: “Virginia”
- Greek: “Βιρτζίνια (Νότια Αυστραλία)”
- Greek: “Βιρτζίνια”
- Irish: “Virginia”
- Persian: “ویرجینیا، استرالیای جنوبی”
- Swedish: “Virginia, South Australia”
- Swedish: “Virginia”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Buckland Park and The Palms Residential Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Virginia Shopping Centre and Virginia CFS.
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