Quantico

Quantico is a military base and town in eastern , , situated on the Potomac River.
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  • Type: Village with 578 residents
  • Description: town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: Carrborough”, “Newport”, “Potomac”, “Quantico, VA”, and “Quantico, Virginia
  • Postal codes: 22134 and 22135

Places of Interest

Highlights include Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field and Quantico station.

Aerodrome
Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico is a United States Marine Corps airfield located within , . It was commissioned in 1919 and is currently home to HMX-1, the squadron that flies the President of the United States.

Railway station
is a train station in Quantico, Virginia, served by two Amtrak trains and the Virginia Railway Express's Fredericksburg Line. The existing station house was originally built by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in 1953.

Islet
is one of the few islands in the within the territorial boundaries of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is on the west side of the river next to about 30 miles south of Washington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Triangle and Marine Corps Base Quantico.

is a census-designated place in southeastern , United States. The population was 8,188 at the 2010 census. It is bounded to the south by the , which surrounds the town of Quantico.

Village
is a United States Marine Corps installation located near , covering nearly 55,148 acres of southern , northern , and southeastern .

Town
, officially the Town of , is a town in , . The population was 4,961 at the 2010 United States census. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Quantico.

Quantico

Latitude
38.5219° or 38° 31′ 19″ north
Longitude
-77.2911° or 77° 17′ 28″ west
Population
578
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
IATA airport code
NYG
Open location code
87C4GPC5+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158344409
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4780703
Wiki­data ID
Q204315
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Quantico” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كوانتيكو
  • Armenian: Քվանտիկո
  • Basque: Quantico
  • Bosnian: Quantico
  • Breton: Quantico
  • Catalan: Quantico
  • Cebuano: Quantico
  • Chechen: Квантико
  • Chinese: Quantico
  • Chinese: 匡提科
  • Chinese: 匡蒂科
  • Croatian: Quantico, Virginia
  • Croatian: Quantico
  • Danish: Quantico
  • Dutch: Quantico
  • Finnish: Quantico
  • French: Quantico
  • German: Quantico
  • Gilaki: کوانتیکو (ويرجينيا)
  • Gilaki: کوانتیکو
  • Haitian: Quantico, Vijini
  • Haitian: Quantico
  • Hebrew: קוונטיקו
  • Hungarian: Quantico
  • Italian: Quantico
  • Japanese: クアンティコ (バージニア州)
  • Japanese: クァンティコ
  • Japanese: クアンティコ
  • Japanese: クワンティコ (バージニア州)
  • Japanese: クワンティコ
  • Kazakh: Куантико
  • Ladin: Quantico
  • Latvian: Kvantiko
  • Min Nan Chinese: Quantico
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Quantico
  • Norwegian: Quantico
  • Persian: کوانتیکوو، ویرجینیا
  • Persian: کوانتیکوو
  • Polish: Quantico
  • Portuguese: Quantico
  • Russian: Куантико
  • Serbian: Квантико
  • Serbian: Квонтико
  • Serbo-Croatian: Quantico, Virginia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Quantico
  • Slovenian: Quantico
  • South Azerbaijani: کوانتیکو، ویرجینیا
  • Spanish: Quantico (Virginia)
  • Spanish: Quantico
  • Swedish: Quantico, Virginia
  • Swedish: Quantico
  • Tatar: Квантико
  • Turkish: Quantico, Virginia
  • Turkish: Quantico
  • Ukrainian: Квантіко
  • Uzbek: Quantico
  • Volapük: Quantico
  • Welsh: Quantico, Virginia
  • Welsh: Quantico

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