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Norfolk

Norfolk is in the 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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  • Type: City with 238,000 residents
  • Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Postal codes: 23501-23511, 23513-23515, 23517-23519, 23523, 23529, 23541, and 23551
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include USS Wisconsin and Chrysler Museum of Art.

Museum
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is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, the ship was assigned to the during World War II, where she participated in the Philippines campaign and the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Museum
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The is an art museum on the border between downtown and the Ghent district of Norfolk, Virginia. The museum was founded in 1933 as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences.

Museum
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is a maritime-themed science center and located on the downtown waterfront in Norfolk, Virginia, also known as the National Maritime Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portsmouth and Berkley.

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

Suburb
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was an incorporated town in Norfolk County, Virginia. Chartered by an Act of Assembly in 1890, the Town of was located directly across the from the City of Norfolk in the South Hampton Roads area.

Quarter
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, is a national historic district located at . It encompasses 89 buildings. It is located in the primarily residential section of Portsmouth and includes a notable collection of Federal and Greek…

Norfolk

Latitude
36.8508° or 36° 51′ 3″ north
Longitude
-76.2849° or 76° 17′ 6″ west
Population
238,000
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
IATA airport code
ORF
United Nations Location Code
US ORF
Open location code
8785VP28+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2933637976
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4776222
Wiki­data ID
Q49231
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Norfolk” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Arabic: “نورفولك”
  • Armenian: “Նորֆոլկ”
  • Asturian: “Norfolk (Virxinia)”
  • Asturian: “Norfolk”
  • Azerbaijani: “Norfolk”
  • Bashkir: “Норфолк”
  • Basque: “Norfolk”
  • Bavarian: “Norfolk City”
  • Bavarian: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Belarusian: “Норфалк”
  • Bengali: “নরফুক, ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bengali: “নরফুক”
  • Breton: “Norfolk”
  • Bulgarian: “Норфолк”
  • Catalan: “Norfolk”
  • Cebuano: “Norfolk”
  • Central Kurdish: “نۆرفۆڵک، ڤیرجینیا”
  • Central Kurdish: “نۆرفۆڵک”
  • Chechen: “Норфолк”
  • Chinese: “Norfolk”
  • Chinese: “诺福克”
  • Chinese: “諾福”
  • Chinese: “諾福克”
  • Croatian: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Czech: “Norfolk”
  • Danish: “Norfolk”
  • Dutch: “Norfolk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نورفولك (ڤيرچينيا)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نورفولك”
  • Esperanto: “Norfolko”
  • Finnish: “Norfolk”
  • French: “Municipalité de Norfolk”
  • French: “Norfolk”
  • French: “Ville de Norfolk”
  • Galician: “Norfolk, Virxinia”
  • Georgian: “ნორფოლკი”
  • German: “Norfolk”
  • Gilaki: “نؤرفؤلک”
  • Greek: “Νόρφοκ”
  • Greek: “Νόρφολκ”
  • Gujarati: “નોર્ફોક”
  • Haitian: “Norfolk, Vijini”
  • Hebrew: “נורפוק”
  • Hindi: “नॉरफ़ॉक”
  • Hungarian: “Norfolk”
  • Icelandic: “Norfolk”
  • Indonesian: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Irish: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Italian: “Norfolk”
  • Japanese: “ノーフォーク”
  • Kannada: “ನಾರ್ಫೋಕ್”
  • Korean: “노퍽”
  • Ladin: “Norfolk”
  • Latin: “Norfolcia Virginiae”
  • Latin: “Norfolcia”
  • Latvian: “Norfolka”
  • Lithuanian: “Norfolkas”
  • Low German: “Norfolk”
  • Malayalam: “നോർഫോക്ക്, വിർജീനിയ”
  • Malayalam: “നോർഫോക്ക്”
  • Marathi: “नॉरफोक”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Norfolk”
  • N'Ko: “߫ߣߐߙߑߝߐߟߞ߸ ߝ߭ߌ߬ߙߑߖߌߣߌ߬ߦߊ”
  • N'Ko: “ߣߐߙߑߝߐߟߞ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norfolk i Virginia”
  • Norwegian: “Norfolk”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Norþfolc (Uirginiæ)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Norþfolc on Fǣmnelande”
  • Ossetian: “Норфолк”
  • Persian: “نورفک”
  • Persian: “نورفوک، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “نورفوک”
  • Piemontese: “Norfolk”
  • Polish: “Norfolk”
  • Portuguese: “Norfolk”
  • Romanian: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Russian: “Норфолк (Вирджиния)”
  • Russian: “Норфолк (США)”
  • Russian: “Норфолк, Вирджиния”
  • Russian: “Норфолк, США”
  • Russian: “Норфолк”
  • Sardinian: “Norfolk”
  • Serbian: “Норфок”
  • Serbian: “Норфолк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Silesian: “Norfolk”
  • Sinhala: “නොර්ෆොක්”
  • Slovak: “Norfolk”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نورفولک، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Norfolk (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Norfolk”
  • Swahili: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Norfolk”
  • Tagalog: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Talysh: “Norfolk”
  • Tamil: “நோர்போக்”
  • Tatar: “Норфолк (АКШ)”
  • Tatar: “Норфолк”
  • Telugu: “నార్ఫోoక్”
  • Thai: “นอร์ฟอล์ก”
  • Turkish: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Ukrainian: “Норфолк”
  • Urdu: “نارفوک، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “نارفوک”
  • Uzbek: “Norfolk”
  • Vietnamese: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Volapük: “Norfolk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Norfolk, Virginia”
  • Wu Chinese: “诺福克（弗吉尼亚州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “诺福克”
  • Yue Chinese: “諾福”
  • “Mermaid City”
  • “Norfolk”
  • “Norfolk, VA”
  • “Norfolk, Virginia”

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