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Alexandria

Alexandria is an independent city in , United States. It lies on the western bank of the approximately 7 miles south of The city's population of 159,467 at the 2020 census made it the sixth-most populous city in Virginia and 169th-most populous city in the U.S.
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  • Type: City with 160,000 residents
  • Description: city in the state of Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Alexandria, VA”, “Alexandria, Virginia”, “Allexandria”, “Belhaven”, “Belle Haven”, “Bellhaven”, “Chincoteague Creek”, “City of Alexandria”, “City of Alexandria, Virginia”, “Gincatic Creek”, and “Guicatic Run”
  • Postal codes: 22301, 22302, 22304, 22305, 22311, 22313, 22314, 22320, 22331-22334, and 22350
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include George Washington Masonic National Memorial and Jones Point Light.

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The is a Masonic building and memorial located in Alexandria, Virginia, outside It is dedicated to the memory of George Washington, first president of the United States and charter Master of Alexandria Lodge No.

Lighthouse
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The is a small river lighthouse located on the in Alexandria, Virginia. It was built in 1855.

Museum
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The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop/Museum is a historic apothecary's shop in Alexandria, Virginia, that has been preserved as a museum. During its working life, it was owned by generations of a Quaker family.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include National Harbor and Crystal City.

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is in , . Home to Marriott's Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, is a common destination for people traveling to the Washington DC area for conventions and business.

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is the secondary "downtown" area of , after the Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor. This article also includes the nearby neighborhoods of Pentagon City, Arlington Ridge, and Aurora Highlands.

Village
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South Alexandria is an area of southeastern , . Despite the name, it is not part of the City of Alexandria; it is a colloquial name used by locals because the area has an Alexandria mailing address.

Alexandria

Latitude
38.8051° or 38° 48′ 18″ north
Longitude
-77.047° or 77° 2′ 49″ west
Population
160,000
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US AXR
Open location code
87C4RX43+25
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1979420355
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4744091
Wiki­data ID
Q88
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Alexandria” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Albanian: “Alexandria”
  • Amharic: “አሌክሳንድርያ ቨርጂኒያ”
  • Amharic: “አሌክሳንድርያ፣ ቨርጂኒያ”
  • Arabic: “الإسكندرية”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրիա”
  • Asturian: “Alexandria”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aleksandriya”
  • Basque: “Alexandria (Virginia)”
  • Basque: “Alexandria”
  • Bavarian: “Alexandria City”
  • Bavarian: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Belarusian: “Алегзандрыя”
  • Belarusian: “Александрыя”
  • Bengali: “অ্যালেক্সান্ড্রিয়া, ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bengali: “অ্যালেক্সান্ড্রিয়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “अलेक्जेंड्रिया, वर्जीनिया”
  • Bhojpuri: “अलेक्जेंड्रिया”
  • Breton: “Alexandria”
  • Bulgarian: “Александрия”
  • Catalan: “Alexandria”
  • Cebuano: “Alexandria (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
  • Cebuano: “Alexandria”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەسکەندەریە، ڤیرجینیا”
  • Chechen: “Александри”
  • Chinese: “亚历山德里亚”
  • Chinese: “亞歷山卓”
  • Chinese: “亞歷山大”
  • Chinese: “亞歷山德里亞”
  • Croatian: “Alexandria”
  • Czech: “Alexandria”
  • Danish: “Alexandria”
  • Dutch: “Alexandria”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الاسكندريه, ڤيريچينا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اليكساندريا”
  • Esperanto: “Alexandria”
  • Estonian: “Alexandria”
  • Finnish: “Alexandria”
  • French: “Alexandria”
  • French: “Municipalité d’Alexandria”
  • Georgian: “ალექსანდრია”
  • German: “Alexandria”
  • Gilaki: “ألکساندريا (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “ألکساندريا”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρεια”
  • Gujarati: “એલેક્ઝાન્ડ્રિયા”
  • Haitian: “Alexandria, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Alexandria”
  • Hebrew: “אלכסנדריה”
  • Hindi: “अलेक्जेंड्रिया”
  • Hungarian: “Alexandria (Virginia)”
  • Hungarian: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Hungarian: “Alexandria”
  • Icelandic: “Alexandria”
  • Indonesian: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Indonesian: “Alexandria”
  • Irish: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Irish: “Alexandria”
  • Italian: “Alexandria”
  • Japanese: “アレクサンドリア”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲೆಕ್ಸಾಂಡ್ರಿಯ”
  • Korean: “알렉산드리아”
  • Ladin: “Alexandria”
  • Latvian: “Aleksandrija”
  • Ligurian: “Alexandria (Virgìnnia)”
  • Ligurian: “Alexandria”
  • Lithuanian: “Aleksandrija”
  • Low German: “Alexandria”
  • Malagasy: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Alexandria”
  • Malay: “Alexandria”
  • Malayalam: “അലക്സാണ്ട്രിയ വിർജീനിയ”
  • Marathi: “अलेक्झांड्रिया, व्हर्जिनिया”
  • Marathi: “अलेक्झांड्रिया”
  • Marathi: “अलेक्झांड्रीया”
  • Nepali: “अलेक्जेड्रिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alexandria (Virginia)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alexandria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alexandria i Virginia”
  • Norwegian: “Alexandria”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Alexandria”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Alæcsandrig (Uirginiæ)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Alaxceaster on Fǣmnelande”
  • Ossetian: “Александрия (Вирджини)”
  • Ossetian: “Александрия”
  • Persian: “الکساندریا، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “الکساندریا”
  • Piemontese: “Alexandria (Virginia)”
  • Piemontese: “Alexandria”
  • Polish: “Alexandria”
  • Portuguese: “Alexandria, Virgínia”
  • Portuguese: “Alexandria”
  • Romanian: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Romanian: “Alexandria”
  • Russian: “Алегзандрия”
  • Russian: “Александрия”
  • Scots: “Alexandria, Virginie”
  • Scots: “Alexandria”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Alexandria”
  • Serbian: “Александрија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alexandria”
  • Sicilian: “Alexandria”
  • Silesian: “Alexandria”
  • Sinhala: “ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩ්‍රියා”
  • Slovak: “Alexandria”
  • Slovenian: “Alexandria”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلکساندریا، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Alexandria (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Alexandria”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Alexandria”
  • Swahili: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Swahili: “Alexandria”
  • Swedish: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Alexandria”
  • Tagalog: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Tagalog: “Alexandria”
  • Tajik: “Алегзандрия”
  • Tamil: “அலெக்சாந்திரியா”
  • Tatar: “Әлегзәндрия”
  • Telugu: “అలెగ్జాండ్రియా”
  • Thai: “อเล็กซานเดรีย”
  • Thai: “อะเล็กแซนเดรีย”
  • Turkish: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Alexandria”
  • Ukrainian: “Александрія”
  • Urdu: “الیگزینڈریا، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “الیگزینڈریا”
  • Vietnamese: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Alexandria”
  • Volapük: “Alexandria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alexandria”
  • Welsh: “Alexandria, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Alexandria”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚历山德里亚（弗吉尼亚州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚历山德里亚”
  • Yue Chinese: “亞歷山大”

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