Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads is a region that encompasses the - metropolitan area in surrounding a body of water with the same name.
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is a resort city in southeast on the shores of the and the Atlantic Ocean.

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is in the Hampton Roads region of . It is a port city with a large Navy and shipping presence. But it is also known as a major cultural center, with world-class museums, opera, symphony, ballet and a vibrant arts community.

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is a city in in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. It's on the James River, and much of the area has been developed into a city starting in the late 19th century.

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is a town of 245,000 people in the Hampton Roads region of . is a diverse city in which a few urban areas are located; it also has many square miles of protected farmland, forests, and wetlands, including a substantial portion of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

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is an independent city in , United States. The population was 137,148 at the 2020 census, making it the seventh-most populous city in Virginia.

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is a city in southeast . Settled in 1632, it was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779 and in 1926, John D. Rockefeller Jr commissioned a restoration project to bring back to its former colonial glory.

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is an independent city in southeastern , United States. It lies across the from . As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,915.

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is an independent city in , United States. As of 2020, the population was 94,324. It is the 10th-most populous city in Virginia, the largest city in Virginia by boundary land area as well as the 14th-largest in the country.

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is a "living-history museum" located in a historic district in , . Encompassing 301 acres, 's Historic Area re-creates 18th-century Williamsburg as it appeared preceding and during the American Revolution.

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is a historic town in , northwest to . It is home to a bed and breakfast visited by George Washington. It is also the place where Virginia hams originated.

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Gloucester is a small town in the Hampton Roads region of . Gloucester is on Virginia's Middle Peninsula, directly across the York River from York County.

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, is a community in South Hampton Roads, near the southern end of the James River Bridge across from Newport News. has experienced growth as a bedroom community.

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, formerly known as Busch Gardens Europe and Busch Gardens: The Old Country, is a theme park in , .

Hampton Roads

Latitude of center
36.9751° or 36° 58′ 31″ north
Longitude of center
-76.3497° or 76° 20′ 59″ west
Population
1,800,000
Open­Street­Map ID
node 356569539
Geo­Names ID
4762934
Wiki­data ID
Q1011895
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Hampton Roads” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hampton arrada”
  • Chinese: “汉普顿锚地”
  • Chinese: “漢普頓錨地”
  • Dutch: “Hampton Roads”
  • Esperanto: “Hampton Roads”
  • French: “Hampton Roads”
  • Galician: “Hampton Roads”
  • German: “Hampton Roads”
  • Greek: “Χάμπτον Ρόουντς”
  • Hebrew: “האמפטון רודס”
  • Hebrew: “המפטון רודס”
  • Italian: “Hampton Roads”
  • Japanese: “ハンプトン・ローズ”
  • Japanese: “ハンプトン・ロード”
  • Japanese: “ハンプトンローズ”
  • Japanese: “ハンプトンロード”
  • Lithuanian: “Hampton Roudsas”
  • Polish: “Hampton Roads”
  • Russian: “Хэмптон Роудс”
  • Russian: “Хэмптон-Родс”
  • Russian: “Хэмптон-роуд”
  • Russian: “Хэмптон-Роудс”
  • Scots: “Hampton Roads”
  • Slovenian: “Hampton Roads”
  • Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News”
  • Spanish: “área metropolitana de Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News”
  • Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News”
  • Swedish: “Hampton Roads”
  • Turkish: “Hampton Roads”
  • Ukrainian: “Гемптон-Роудс”
  • Urdu: “ہیمپٹن روڈز”

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