Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is a state in the of the with nearly 9 million inhabitants. Bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and the west by the Appalachian mountains, with expanses of farmland in between, Virginia has much to offer history buffs and lovers of scenic landscapes.
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is the capital of Virginia. 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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forms part of the urban conglomeration around - inside the beltway. In , and directly across the Potomac River from D.C. proper, is one of America's most densely populated regions.

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is a resort city in southeast Virginia on the shores of the and the Atlantic Ocean.

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is highly populated, and smashes most all stereotypes of Virginia, that one-time Southern state. Though much of it is considered a suburb of metropolitan , the inner suburbs are really cities in their own right, with world class attractions and nightlife, and the ensuing sprawl is likewise dense with its own attractions and culinary gems.

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is an often-visited area of Virginia, bordered on the west by the Fall Line, and on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. It is best known for its beaches and colonial history.

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, also known as the Piedmont, is the largest region of the state of Virginia and contains the state capital, Richmond. It is marked on the east by the Fall Line, and on the west by the Appalachian Mountains.

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The is located in the western part of Virginia and the eastern panhandle of , between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains. The region is best known for its natural beauty, many wineries, and Civil War history.

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, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. Located within the broader region of western Virginia, has been defined alternatively as all Virginia counties…

Virginia

Latitude of center
37.1232° or 37° 7′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
-78.4928° or 78° 29′ 34″ west
Population
8,810,000
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
Abbreviation
“VA”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317004702
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
6254928
Wiki­data ID
Q1370
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Virginia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Virginië”
  • Albanian: “Virginia”
  • Albanian: “Virxhinia”
  • Amharic: “ቨርጂኒያ”
  • Arabic: “فرجينيا”
  • Aragonese: “Virchinia”
  • Armenian: “Վիրջինիա”
  • Arpitan: “Virginia”
  • Asturian: “Virxinia”
  • Aymara: “Virginia suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Virciniya”
  • Balinese: “Virginia”
  • Bashkir: “Виргиния”
  • Basque: “Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Virginia”
  • Belarusian: “Вірджынія”
  • Bengali: “ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “वर्जीनिया”
  • Bishnupriya: “ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bislama: “Virginia”
  • Bosnian: “Virginia”
  • Brahui: “Varjíníá”
  • Breton: “Virginia”
  • Bulgarian: “Вирджиния”
  • Bulgarian: “Старият доминион”
  • Burmese: “ဗာဂျီးနီးယားပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Mancomunitat de Virgínia”
  • Catalan: “Virgínia”
  • Cebuano: “Virginia”
  • Central Bikol: “Virginia”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڤیرجینیا”
  • Chavacano: “Virginia”
  • Chechen: “Виргини”
  • Cherokee: “ᏩᏥᏂ”
  • Chinese: “Virginia”
  • Chinese: “弗吉尼亚州”
  • Chinese: “弗吉尼亞州”
  • Chinese: “維吉尼亞州”
  • Chinese: “維珍尼亞州”
  • Chinese: “維珍尼亞聯邦”
  • Choctaw: “Bʋlchinya”
  • Chuvash: “Вирджини”
  • Cornish: “Virjynni”
  • Corsican: “Virginia”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Virginiya”
  • Croatian: “Virginia”
  • Czech: “Virginie”
  • Czech: “Virginské společenství”
  • Dagbani: “Virginia”
  • Danish: “Virginia”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Virginia”
  • Dutch: “Old Dominion”
  • Dutch: “VA”
  • Dutch: “Virginia”
  • Eastern Mari: “Виргиний”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيرجينيا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤيرچينيا”
  • Esperanto: “Virginio”
  • Estonian: “Virginia”
  • Ewe: “Virginia”
  • Faroese: “Virginia”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Virginia”
  • Fijian: “Virginia”
  • Finnish: “Virginia”
  • French: “Commonwealth de Virginie”
  • French: “VA”
  • French: “Virginie”
  • Gagauz: “Virginia”
  • Gagauz: “Virginiya”
  • Galician: “Virxinia”
  • Georgian: “ვირჯინია”
  • German: “Virginia”
  • German: “Virginien”
  • Gothic: “𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰”
  • Gothic: “𐍅𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Βιρτζίνια”
  • Greek: “Κοινοπολιτεία της Βιρτζίνια”
  • Guarani: “Virginia”
  • Gujarati: “વર્જિનિયા”
  • Haitian: “Vijini”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Virginia”
  • Hausa: “Virginia”
  • Hawaiian: “Wilikinia”
  • Hebrew: “וירג’יניה”
  • Hindi: “वर्जीनिया”
  • Hungarian: “Virginia”
  • Hungarian: “Virginiai Köztársaság”
  • Icelandic: “Virginia”
  • Icelandic: “Virginía”
  • Ido: “Virginia”
  • Igbo: “Végíníyà”
  • Iloko: “Virginia”
  • Inari Sami: “Virginia”
  • Indonesian: “Virginia”
  • Interlingua: “Virginia”
  • Interlingue: “Virginia”
  • Inupiaq: “Virginia”
  • Irish: “An Virgín”
  • Irish: “Virgín”
  • Irish: “Virginia”
  • Italian: “Virginia”
  • Japanese: “ヴァージニア”
  • Japanese: “ヴァージニア州”
  • Japanese: “バージニア”
  • Japanese: “バージニア州”
  • Japanese: “バージニヤ”
  • Japanese: “バージニヤ州”
  • Javanese: “Virginia”
  • Kabiyè: “Firziinii”
  • Kabyle: “Virginia”
  • Kalmyk: “Виирҗин”
  • Kannada: “ವರ್ಜೀನಿಯ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Вирджиния”
  • Kashmiri: “ؤرجیٖنِیا”
  • Kazakh: “Виргиния”
  • Kazakh: “Вирджиния”
  • Kirghiz: “Виргиния штаты”
  • Kirghiz: “Виргиния”
  • Komering: “Virginia”
  • Korean: “버지니아”
  • Korean: “버지니아주”
  • Kurdish: “Vîrjînya”
  • Ladin: “Virginia”
  • Ladino: “Virginia”
  • Latin: “Virginia”
  • Latvian: “Virdžīnija”
  • Ligurian: “Virginnia”
  • Limburgan: “Virginia”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Virginia”
  • Literary Chinese: “維吉尼亞州”
  • Lithuanian: “Virdžinija”
  • Lombard: “Virginia”
  • Low German: “Virginia”
  • Lule Sami: “Virginia”
  • Luxembourgish: “Virginia”
  • Macedonian: “Вирџинија”
  • Maithili: “भर्जिनिया”
  • Malagasy: “Virjinia”
  • Malay: “Virginia”
  • Malayalam: “വിർജീനിയ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯚꯔꯖꯤꯅꯤꯌꯥ”
  • Manx: “Yn Virjeeney”
  • Maori: “Virginia”
  • Maori: “Werinia”
  • Marathi: “व्हर्जिनिया”
  • Mazanderani: “ویرجینیا”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “فيرجينيا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Virginia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Virginia”
  • Mingrelian: “ვირჯინია”
  • Mongolian: “Виржини”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڤيرجينيا”
  • Narom: “Virginnie”
  • Nauru: “Virginia”
  • Navajo: “Tséchʼil Daalchíʼínílį́ Hahoodzo”
  • Nepali: “भर्जिनिया”
  • Newari: “भर्जिनिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “Virginia”
  • Northern Luri: “ویرجینیا”
  • Northern Sami: “Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Va.”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “VA”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Virginia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Virginia”
  • Norwegian: “Virginia”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Virginia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mancomunautat de Virgínia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Virgínia”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܪܓܝܢܝܐ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Fǣmneland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Virginia”
  • Oromo: “Virginia”
  • Ossetian: “Виргини”
  • Ossetian: “Вирджини”
  • Pali: “भर्जिनिया”
  • Pampanga: “Virginia”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਰਜਿਨੀਆ”
  • Papiamento: “Virginia”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Virginia”
  • Persian: “ویرجینیا”
  • Picard: “Virginie (Étot)”
  • Picard: “Virginie”
  • Piemontese: “Virginia”
  • Pite Sami: “Virginia”
  • Polish: “Wirginia”
  • Portuguese: “Virgínia”
  • Pushto: “ویرجینیا”
  • Quechua: “Virginia suyu”
  • Romanian: “Virginia”
  • Romansh: “Virginia”
  • Russia Buriat: “Вирджини”
  • Russian: “Виргиния”
  • Russian: “Вирджиния”
  • Rusyn: “Вирджиния”
  • Samogitian: “Virdžinėjė”
  • Sanskrit: “वर्जिनिया”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱷᱳᱨᱡᱤᱱᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Virgìnia”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Virginia”
  • Scots: “Commonweel o Virginie”
  • Scots: “VA”
  • Scots: “Virginia”
  • Scots: “Virginie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bhirginia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Virginia”
  • Serbian: “US-VA”
  • Serbian: “Вирџинија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Virginia”
  • Sicilian: “Virginia”
  • Silesian: “Wirgińijo”
  • Sindhi: “ورجينيا”
  • Sinhala: “වර්ජිනියා”
  • Skolt Sami: “Virginia”
  • Slovak: “Virgínia”
  • Slovenian: “VA”
  • Slovenian: “Virginija”
  • Somali: “Virginia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویرجینیا ایالتی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویرجینیا”
  • Southern Sami: “Virginia”
  • Spanish: “Antiguo Dominio”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Virginia”
  • Spanish: “Madre de presidentes y madre de estadistas”
  • Spanish: “Mancomunidad de Virginia”
  • Spanish: “Virginia, Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Virginia”
  • Swahili: “Virginia”
  • Swedish: “VA”
  • Swedish: “Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Virginien”
  • Tagalog: “Virginia”
  • Tajik: “Виргиния”
  • Tajik: “Вирҷиния”
  • Talysh: “Virčinijə”
  • Tamil: “வர்ஜீனியா”
  • Tamil: “விர்ஜினியா”
  • Tatar: “Виргиния”
  • Telugu: “వర్జీనియా”
  • Thai: “รัฐเวอร์จิเนีย”
  • Tibetan: “ཝིར་ཇི་ནི་ཡ།”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Virginia”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Virginia”
  • Tumbuka: “Virginia”
  • Turkish: “State of Virginia”
  • Turkish: “US-VA”
  • Turkish: “Va.”
  • Turkish: “VA”
  • Turkish: “Virg.”
  • Turkish: “Virginia eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Virginia, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri”
  • Turkish: “Virginia”
  • Uighur: “Wirginiye Shitati”
  • Ukrainian: “Вірджинія”
  • Ume Sami: “Virginia”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Virginia”
  • Urdu: “ورجینیا”
  • Uzbek: “Virginiya”
  • Uzbek: “Virjiniya”
  • Venetian: “Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Virginia”
  • Vlaams: “Virginia”
  • Vlax Romani: “Virginia”
  • Volapük: “Virginän”
  • Volapük: “Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Virginia”
  • Western Armenian: “Վերճինիա”
  • Western Frisian: “Firginia”
  • Western Mari: “Виргини”
  • Western Panjabi: “ورجینیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “弗吉尼亚州”
  • Yakut: “Вирдьиния”
  • Yiddish: “ווירדזשיניע”
  • Yiddish: “ווירזשיניע”
  • Yoruba: “Firginia”
  • Yoruba: “Virginia”
  • Yue Chinese: “維珍尼亞州”
  • Zeeuws: “Virginia”
  • Zhuang: “Virginia”
  • Zulu: “Virginia”
  • “ma Wesinja”
  • “ma Wisinja”
  • “Q1370”
  • “US-VA”
  • “Virdžinėjė”
  • “Virgìgna”
  • “Virginia”
  • “वर्जीनिया”

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