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Richmond is the capital of . Richmond has a population of 227,000 and the adjacent counties of Henrico and Chesterfield combine to create a local population of more than 1.3 million people.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Downtown Richmond and Museum District.

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The Downtown district of Richmond includes the business district, Shockoe, Jackson Ward and Tobacco Row.

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The is a district in Richmond, . In 1993, after many years of work this neighborhood was recognized as a Federal and State Historic District.

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is a district in Richmond, . It is named because of the way the roads fan out to the west from N. Belvidere St. It is easy to find a variety of boundaries that "define" , just ask a variety of Richmonders.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as West End and Northside.

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The is a district within, and west of, the city of Richmond, and includes both the and Far West End/Innsbrook area. It is the safest part of Richmond, especially around the county of Henrico.

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The is an area composed of northern Richmond, Virginia and some parts of . The area is home to many diverse neighborhoods, especially early streetcar suburbs, including , Bellevue, , Washington Park, Hermitage Road, Highland Park, Sherwood Park, etc.

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is a district in Richmond, . This includes historic neighborhoods in Richmond such as Church Hill, Fairmount, and Union Hill, more modern developments such as Fulton, Powhatan Hill, Fulton Hill, and Montrose Heights, and public housing communities such as Fairfield Court, Creighton Court, Whitcomb Court, and Mosby Court.

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The of Richmond is an area of the Metropolitan Statistical Area surrounding Richmond, Virginia. It generally includes all portions of the City of Richmond that lie south of the James River, and includes all of the former city of Manchester.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Virginia State Capitol and Virginia Holocaust Museum.

Government office
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The is the seat of state government of the , located in Richmond, the state capital. It houses the oldest elected legislative body in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619.

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The is a public history museum located in Richmond, , United States. The museum is dedicated to depicting the Holocaust through the personal stories of its victims.

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The , sometimes referred to as "the Mosque," in Richmond, , is a theater at the southwest corner of on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, and is the largest venue of Richmond CenterStage's performing arts complex.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montrose and Randolph.

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 7,909 at the 2020 census.

Neighborhood
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is a historically black middle class neighborhood located within the of Richmond, Virginia. The neighborhood is named in honor of Virginia E.

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, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and , contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.

Richmond

Latitude
37.5385° or 37° 32′ 19″ north
Longitude
-77.4343° or 77° 26′ 3″ west
Population
227,000
Elevation
210 feet (64 metres)
IATA airport code
RIC
United Nations Location Code
US RIC
Open location code
8794GHQ8+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2592301390
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4781708
Wiki­data ID
Q43421
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Richmond” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Richmond, Virginië”
  • Afrikaans: “Richmond”
  • Albanian: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Albanian: “Richmond”
  • Amharic: “ሪችመንድ”
  • Arabic: “ريتشموند، فرجينيا”
  • Arabic: “ريتشموند، فيرجينيا”
  • Arabic: “ريتشموند، ڤرجينيا”
  • Arabic: “ريتشموند”
  • Arabic: “ريشموند”
  • Aragonese: “Richmond”
  • Armenian: “Ռիչմոնդ”
  • Asturian: “Richmond”
  • Azerbaijani: “Riçmond”
  • Balinese: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Basque: “Richmond”
  • Bavarian: “Richmond City”
  • Bavarian: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Belarusian: “Рычманд (Вірджынія)”
  • Belarusian: “Рычманд”
  • Bengali: “রিচমন্ড, ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bengali: “রিচমন্ড”
  • Bosnian: “Richmond”
  • Breton: “Richmond”
  • Bulgarian: “Ричмънд”
  • Catalan: “Richmond”
  • Cebuano: “City of Richmond”
  • Cebuano: “Richmond (kapital sa estado sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
  • Cebuano: “Richmond”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕیچمەند، ڤیرجینیا”
  • Chechen: “Ричмонд”
  • Chinese: “Richmond”
  • Chinese: “列治文”
  • Chinese: “里士满”
  • Chinese: “里奇蒙”
  • Cornish: “Richmond”
  • Croatian: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Croatian: “Richmond”
  • Czech: “Richmond”
  • Danish: “Richmond”
  • Dutch: “Richmond”
  • Esperanto: “Richmond”
  • Esperanto: “Riĉmondo”
  • Estonian: “Richmond”
  • Extremaduran: “Richmond”
  • Faroese: “Richmond”
  • Finnish: “Richmond”
  • French: “Municipalité de Richmond”
  • French: “Richmond”
  • Galician: “Richmond, Virxinia”
  • Galician: “Richmond”
  • Georgian: “რიჩმონდი”
  • German: “Richmond, VA”
  • German: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • German: “Richmond”
  • Gilaki: “ريچمؤند، ويرجينيا”
  • Gilaki: “ریچموند”
  • Gothic: “𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌼𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌳”
  • Greek: “Ρίτσμοντ”
  • Gujarati: “રિચમંડ”
  • Haitian: “Richmond, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Richmond”
  • Hebrew: “ריצ’מונד”
  • Hebrew: “ריצמונד”
  • Hindi: “केनरा बैंक”
  • Hindi: “रिचमंड”
  • Hungarian: “Richmond”
  • Icelandic: “Richmond”
  • Ido: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Ido: “Richmond”
  • Iloko: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Iloko: “Richmond”
  • Indonesian: “Richmond City”
  • Indonesian: “Richmond, VA”
  • Indonesian: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Indonesian: “Richmond”
  • Interlingua: “Richmond Virginia”
  • Interlingua: “Richmond”
  • Interlingue: “Richmond”
  • Irish: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Irish: “Richmond”
  • Italian: “Richmond”
  • Japanese: “リッチモンド”
  • Kannada: “ರಿಚ್ಮಂಡ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Ричмонд”
  • Komering: “Richmond”
  • Korean: “리치먼드”
  • Korean: “리치몬드”
  • Kurdish: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Kurdish: “Richmond”
  • Ladin: “Richmond”
  • Latin: “Richmond”
  • Latin: “Ricmondia”
  • Latvian: “Richmond”
  • Latvian: “Ričmonda”
  • Ligurian: “Richmond”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Richmond”
  • Lithuanian: “Ričmondas”
  • Lombard: “Richmond”
  • Low German: “Richmond”
  • Luxembourgish: “Richmond”
  • Macedonian: “Ричмонд”
  • Malagasy: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Richmond”
  • Malay: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Malay: “Richmond”
  • Malayalam: “റിച്ച്മണ്ട്, വിർജീനിയ”
  • Malayalam: “റിച്ച്മണ്ട്”
  • Marathi: “रिचमंड”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Richmond”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ريشموند”
  • Navajo: “Tséchʼil Daalchíʼínílį́”
  • Newari: “रिचमन्ड”
  • Newari: “रिचमन्द, भर्जिनिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Richmond”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Richmond i Virginia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Richmond”
  • Norwegian: “Richmond”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Richmond”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rīċemund on Fǣmnelande”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rīċemund”
  • Ossetian: “Ричмонд”
  • Pali: “रिचमन्ड”
  • Pampanga: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Pampanga: “Richmond”
  • Papiamento: “Richmond”
  • Persian: “ریچموند، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “ریچموند”
  • Piemontese: “Richmond”
  • Polish: “Richmond”
  • Portuguese: “Richmond, Virgínia”
  • Portuguese: “Richmond”
  • Quechua: “Richmond”
  • Romanian: “City of Richmond”
  • Romanian: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Romanian: “Richmond”
  • Russian: “Вирджиния Ричмонд”
  • Russian: “Ричмонд Вирджиния”
  • Russian: “Ричмонд, Вирджиния”
  • Russian: “Ричмонд”
  • Samogitian: “Ričmonds”
  • Sanskrit: “रिच्मन्ड्”
  • Sardinian: “Richmond”
  • Scots: “Richmond”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Richmond”
  • Serbian: “Ричмонд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Richmond”
  • Sicilian: “Richmond”
  • Silesian: “Richmond”
  • Sinhala: “රිච්මන්ඩ්”
  • Slovak: “Richmond”
  • Slovenian: “Richmond, Virginija”
  • Slovenian: “Richmond”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ریچموند، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Richmond”
  • Spanish: “Richmond (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Richmond”
  • Swahili: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Swahili: “Richmond”
  • Swedish: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Richmond”
  • Tagalog: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Tagalog: “Richmond”
  • Tajik: “Ричмунд”
  • Talysh: “Riçmond(Vircinya)”
  • Talysh: “Ricmond”
  • Tamil: “ரிச்மண்ட்”
  • Tamil: “ரிச்மன்ட்”
  • Tamil: “ரிச்மாண்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Ричмон”
  • Tatar: “Ричмонд”
  • Telugu: “రిచ్మండ్”
  • Thai: “ริชมอนด์”
  • Turkish: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Richmond”
  • Ukrainian: “Ричмонд”
  • Ukrainian: “Річмонд”
  • Urdu: “رچمنڈ، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “رچمنڈ”
  • Venetian: “Richmond”
  • Vietnamese: “Richmond, VA”
  • Vietnamese: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Richmond”
  • Volapük: “Richmond”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Richmond”
  • Welsh: “Richmond, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Richmond”
  • Western Frisian: “Richmond”
  • Western Mari: “Ричмонд”
  • Western Panjabi: “رجمونڈ”
  • Western Panjabi: “رچمنڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “里士满（弗吉尼亚州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “里士满”
  • Yue Chinese: “列治文”
  • “Richmond”
  • “Ričmonds”

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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 “Richmond”. Photo: jeff horne, CC BY 2.0.