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Fairfax County is a suburb of Washington, DC, in . It often trades places with next-door neighbor Loudoun County as the nation's wealthiest county.
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, nicknamed City by the locals, is the county seat of County, in the state of . The city has roots dating back to the 1700s.

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is a community in , encompassing the independent City of plus the neighborhoods of Seven Corners and West in Fairfax County and East in Arlington County.

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is in , United States of America) and is 20 miles west of The population of is approximately 58,000 people.

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is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, , United States. The CDP is recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau with a population of 31,339 as of the 2020 census.

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is a suburb of located in Fairfax County, , in the southern United States of America.

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is a largely residential city of 17,000 people in , not far from . It has a downtown with many small businesses, and a portion of the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park hiking and biking trail cuts through the center of the town.

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is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in , it is part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In 2020, the population at the census was 24,655, which makes it the largest of three incorporated towns in the county.

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is a district in Fairfax County, , situated on the Potomac River. It takes its name from the country home and plantation of George Washington, the first president of the United States of America.

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is a city in Fairfax County, near Dulles International Airport. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum is the most popular attraction in .

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is a community in Fairfax County, . This article also covers the nearby areas of Fort Belvoir and Mason Neck.

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is an unincorporated section of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, traditionally defined as the area served by the post office. includes two census-designated places: the CDP, population 42,312 in 2020 and the CDP, population 17,518 in 2020.

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, originally known as Corner, is in Fairfax County, . It is best known for its shopping malls and restaurants.

is an unincorporated city in Fairfax County. The population was 71,000 in 2010. This article also covers the nearby town of Clifton and its surrounding area.

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in , within the United States of America. It's a suburb outside the beltway. Nearly all the businesses are found at either end of Walker Road.

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is a suburb of in Fairfax County, . It serves as the unofficial "Koreatown" of the Washington metropolitan area, with numerous ethnic Korean-owned restaurants, bakeries, and other businesses in the area.

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

Fairfax County

Latitude of center
38.8156° or 38° 48′ 56″ north
Longitude of center
-77.2837° or 77° 17′ 1″ west
Population
1,080,000
Elevation
367 feet (112 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2002218816
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4758041
Wiki­data ID
Q341915
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Fairfax County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Fairfax County”
  • Amharic: “ፌርፋክስ ካውንቲ”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فيرفاكس”
  • Armenian: “Ֆեյրֆաքսի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Fairfax”
  • Basque: “Fairfax konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Fairfax County, Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Fairfax County”
  • Belarusian: “Фэйрфакс”
  • Belarusian: “Фэрфакс”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফেয়ারফ্যাক্স কাউন্টি, ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফেয়ারফ্যাক্স কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Феърфакс”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Fairfax”
  • Catalan: “Fairfax County”
  • Cebuano: “Fairfax County”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای فێرفاکس”
  • Chechen: “Фэрфакс”
  • Chinese: “Fairfax Kūn”
  • Chinese: “費爾法克斯縣”
  • Chinese: “费尔法克斯县”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Fairfax, Virjynni”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Fairfax”
  • Czech: “Fairfax County”
  • Danish: “Fairfax County”
  • Dutch: “Fairfax County”
  • Esperanto: “Fairfax County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Fairfax”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Fairfax”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Ferfeksa”
  • Finnish: “Fairfaxin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Fairfax”
  • French: “Comté de Fairfax”
  • French: “Fairfax County”
  • Georgian: “ფერფაქსის ოლქი”
  • German: “Fairfax County”
  • Gilaki: “فیرفکس ٚ شأرستان (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “فیرفکس ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פיירפקס”
  • Hungarian: “Fairfax megye”
  • Icelandic: “Fairfax County”
  • Icelandic: “Fairfax-sýsla”
  • Inari Sami: “Fairfax pirrâdâhkodde”
  • Irish: “Contae Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Irish: “Contae Fairfax”
  • Italian: “contea di Fairfax”
  • Italian: “Contea di Fairfax”
  • Italian: “Fairfax County”
  • Japanese: “フェアファクス郡”
  • Japanese: “フェアファックス郡”
  • Korean: “페어팩스군”
  • Low German: “Fairfax County”
  • Macedonian: “Ферфакс”
  • Mazanderani: “فرفکس”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Fairfax Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fairfax Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fairfax County”
  • Norwegian: “Fairfax County”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “comtat de Fairfax”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Fægerfæxsċīr”
  • Ossetian: “Фэрфакс”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فرفکس، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فرفکس”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Fairfax”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Fairfax”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Fairfax”
  • Portuguese: “Fairfax County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Fairfax”
  • Romanian: “Fairfax”
  • Russian: “Фэрфакс”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Fairfax”
  • Serbian: “Fairfax County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Ферфакс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fairfax County, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fairfax County”
  • Slovenian: “Fairfax County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Fairfax”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Fairfax (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “condado de Fairfax”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Fairfax”
  • Spanish: “Fairfax County”
  • Swedish: “Fairfax County”
  • Tamil: “பேர்வேக்சு கவுண்டி, வர்சீனியா”
  • Tatar: “Калпепер (округ, Виргиния)”
  • Tatar: “Фэрфакс”
  • Tumbuka: “Fairfax County, Virginia”
  • Tumbuka: “Fairfax County”
  • Turkish: “Fairfax County, Va.”
  • Turkish: “Fairfax County, VA”
  • Turkish: “Fairfax County, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Fairfax County”
  • Turkish: “Fairfax ilçesi, Va.”
  • Turkish: “Fairfax ilçesi, VA”
  • Turkish: “Fairfax ilçesi, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Fairfax ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ферфакс”
  • Urdu: “فیئرفیکس کاؤنٹی، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “فیئرفیکس کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Fairfax”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Fairfax”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Fairfax, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Fairfax”
  • Welsh: “Fairfax County, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Fairfax County”
  • Western Panjabi: “فیئرفیکس کاؤنٹی”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Fairfax County”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.