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West Virginia is a state in the region of the . It's often called the "Mountain State", being the only state in the USA to lie completely within a mountain range, and having the highest mean elevation of any state in the east.
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, established in 1794, is the state capital of West Virginia. With a population of about 49,000 in 2020, is the largest city in West Virginia.

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is the second-largest city in West Virginia. Along the banks of the Ohio River, is home to Marshall University, a state-supported public university and the second largest in the state, as well as Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the state.

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is a city of 30,000 people in West Virginia. It was known as "Newport" when it was founded, later to be renamed in 1810. The city sits where the Little Kanawha River meets the Ohio river; the town of Belpre lies just across the river in .

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The of West Virginia, or simply the , centers on five West Virginian counties in the upper watershed in the western portion of the state's eastern panhandle, bordering and .

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The region is in West Virginia.

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The region is in West Virginia.

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is in West Virginia.

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The region is in West Virginia.

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is a town of about 1,100 people and the county seat of Gilmer County, on the Little Kanawha River. It is home to State University, Cedar Creek State Park and several industrial companies, as well as a federal prison.

West Virginia

Latitude of center
38.4758° or 38° 28′ 33″ north
Longitude of center
-80.8408° or 80° 50′ 27″ west
Population
1,850,000
Elevation
2,313 feet (705 metres)
Abbreviation
“WV”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006365
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
4826850
Wiki­data ID
Q1371
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“West Virginia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wes-Virginië”
  • Albanian: “Virxhinia Perëndimore”
  • Albanian: “West Virginia”
  • Amharic: “ዌስት ቨርጂኒያ”
  • Arabic: “فرجينيا الغربية”
  • Arabic: “فيرجينيا الغربية”
  • Aragonese: “Virchinia Occidental”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Վիրջինիա”
  • Arpitan: “Virginia du Ponant”
  • Assamese: “পশ্চিম ভাৰ্জিনিয়া”
  • Assamese: “ৱেষ্ট ভাৰ্জিনিয়া”
  • Asturian: “Virxinia Occidental”
  • Aymara: “West Virginia suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Virciniya”
  • Balinese: “Virginia Kauh”
  • Bashkir: “Көнбайыш Виргиния”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “West Virginia”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Віргінія”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Вірджынія”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “वेस्ट वर्जीनिया”
  • Bishnupriya: “ওয়েস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bislama: “West Virginia”
  • Bosnian: “Zapadna Virginia”
  • Breton: “Virginia ar C’hornaoueg”
  • Breton: “Virginia ar C’hornôg”
  • Breton: “West Virginia”
  • Bulgarian: “Западна Вирджиния”
  • Burmese: “အနောက် ဗာဂျီးနီးယားပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Virgínia de l’Oest”
  • Catalan: “Virgínia Occidental”
  • Cebuano: “West Virginia”
  • Central Bikol: “West Virginia”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڤیرجینیای ڕۆژاوا”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڤێرجینیای ڕۆژئاوا”
  • Central Kurdish: “ویرجینیای ڕۆژئاوا”
  • Chavacano: “West Virginia”
  • Chechen: “Малхбузен Виргини”
  • Cherokee: “ᏭᏕᎵᎬ ᏩᏥᏂ”
  • Chinese: “West Virginia”
  • Chinese: “西弗吉尼亚州”
  • Chinese: “西維吉尼亞州”
  • Chinese: “西維珍尼亞州”
  • Chuvash: “Анăç Вирджини”
  • Cornish: “Vyrjynia West”
  • Corsican: “Virginia Occidentale”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Ğarbiy Virginiya”
  • Croatian: “Zapadna Virginia”
  • Czech: “Západní Virginie”
  • Dagbani: “West Virginia”
  • Danish: “West Virginia”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Virginia Rocawani”
  • Dimli (individual language): “West Virginia”
  • Dutch: “West Virginia”
  • Dutch: “WV”
  • Eastern Mari: “Касвел Виргиний”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيرجينيا الغربيه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويست ڤيرچينيا”
  • Esperanto: “Kvazaŭ Paradizo”
  • Esperanto: “La Monta Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Okcident-Virginio”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Virginio”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝtato Okcidenta Virginio”
  • Esperanto: “WV”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Virginia”
  • Ewe: “West Virginia”
  • Faroese: “West Virginia”
  • Fiji Hindi: “West Virginia”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Virginia”
  • Finnish: “West Virginia”
  • French: “Virginie de l’Ouest”
  • French: “Virginie-Occidentale”
  • French: “WV”
  • Gagauz: “Günbatısı Virginia”
  • Gagauz: “Günbatısı Virginiya”
  • Galician: “Virxinia Occidental”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი ვირჯინია”
  • German: “Staat West-Virginia”
  • German: “West Virginia”
  • German: “West-Virginia”
  • German: “Westvirginien”
  • German: “WV”
  • Gothic: “𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Βιρτζίνια”
  • Guarani: “Kuarahyresẽ Virginia”
  • Gujarati: “વેસ્ટ વર્જિનિયા”
  • Haitian: “Vijini de Lwès”
  • Hakka Chinese: “West Virginia”
  • Hausa: “West Virginia”
  • Hawaiian: “Wilikinia Komohana”
  • Hebrew: “וירג’יניה המערבית”
  • Hebrew: “מערב וירג’יניה”
  • Hebrew: “מערב ורג’יניה”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमी वर्जीनिया”
  • Hindi: “वेस्ट वर्जीनिया”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugat-Virginia”
  • Icelandic: “Vestur-Virginía”
  • Icelandic: “West Virginia”
  • Ido: “Westa-Virginia”
  • Ido: “Westal Virginia”
  • Igbo: “Odida Anyanwu Végíníyà”
  • Igbo: “West Virginia”
  • Iloko: “West Virginia”
  • Inari Sami: “Uárji-Virginia”
  • Indonesian: “Virginia Barat”
  • Interlingua: “Virginia del West”
  • Interlingue: “West-Virginia”
  • Inupiaq: “West Virginia”
  • Irish: “Virginia Thiar”
  • Italian: “Virginia Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ヴァージニア州”
  • Japanese: “ウエスト・ヴァージニア州”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・バージニア州”
  • Japanese: “ウエスト・バージニア州”
  • Japanese: “ウェストヴァージニア州”
  • Japanese: “ウエストヴァージニア州”
  • Japanese: “ウェストバージニア”
  • Japanese: “ウエストバージニア”
  • Japanese: “ウェストバージニア州”
  • Japanese: “ウエストバージニア州”
  • Japanese: “ウエストバージニヤ州”
  • Japanese: “西ヴァージニア州”
  • Japanese: “西バージニア”
  • Japanese: “西バージニア州”
  • Japanese: “西バージニヤ州”
  • Javanese: “West Virginia”
  • Kabiyè: “Wɩsɩ ɖɩɖʊyɛ taa Firziinii”
  • Kabyle: “Virginia Tutrimt”
  • Kalmyk: “Барун Виирҗин”
  • Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ವರ್ಜೀನಿಯ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Кюнбатыш Вирджиния”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс Виргиния”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс Вирджиния”
  • Kirghiz: “Батыш Виргиния”
  • Komering: “Virginia Topi”
  • Korean: “웨스트버지니아 주”
  • Korean: “웨스트버지니아”
  • Korean: “웨스트버지니아주”
  • Kurdish: “Vîrjînyaya Rojava”
  • Ladin: “West Virginia”
  • Ladino: “Virginia Occidental”
  • Ladino: “Virginia Oksidentala”
  • Latin: “Virginia Occidentalis”
  • Latvian: “Rietumvirdžīnija”
  • Ligurian: “Virginnia Oççidentâ”
  • Limburgan: “West Virginia”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “West Virginia”
  • Literary Chinese: “西維吉尼亞州”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Virdžinija”
  • Lombard: “West Virginia”
  • Low German: “West Virginia”
  • Low German: “West-Virginia”
  • Luxembourgish: “West Virginia”
  • Macedonian: “Западна Вирџинија”
  • Maithili: “वेस्ट भर्जिनिया”
  • Malagasy: “West Virginia”
  • Malay: “Virginia Barat”
  • Malayalam: “പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ വിർജീന്യ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯅꯣꯡꯆꯨꯞ ꯚꯔꯖꯤꯅꯤꯌꯥ”
  • Manx: “Yn Virjeeney Heear”
  • Maori: “Werinia-ki-te-uru”
  • Maori: “West Virginia”
  • Marathi: “वेस्ट व्हर्जिनिया”
  • Mazanderani: “غربی ویرجینیا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “West Virginia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Virginia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Se Virginia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West Virginia”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟადალი ვირჯინია”
  • Mongolian: “Баруун Виржини”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “غرب ڤيرجينيا”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڤيرجينيا لغربية”
  • Nauru: “West Virginia”
  • Navajo: “Dzeeh Bitooh Hahoodzo”
  • Nepali: “वेस्ट भर्जिनिया”
  • Newari: “यःता भर्जिनिया”
  • Newari: “वेस्त भर्जिनिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “West Virginia”
  • Northern Luri: “ویرجینیا افتونشین”
  • Northern Sami: “Oarje-Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “W.Va.”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “WV”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vest-Virginia”
  • Norwegian: “Vest-Virginia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Virgínia Occidentala”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westfǣmland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ƿest Virginia”
  • Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн Вирджини”
  • Pali: “पश्चिम भर्जिनिया”
  • Pampanga: “Albugang Virginia”
  • Pampanga: “West Virginia”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਵਰਜਿਨੀਆ”
  • Papiamento: “West Virginia”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Wescht Wirschini”
  • Persian: “ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Picard: “Virginie-Occhidintale”
  • Piemontese: “Virginia Ossidental”
  • Polish: “Wirginia Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Virgínia Ocidental”
  • Pushto: “لویدیځه ویرجینیا”
  • Quechua: “West Virginia suyu”
  • Romanian: “Virginia de Vest”
  • Romansh: “West Virginia”
  • Russia Buriat: “Баруун Вирджини”
  • Russian: “Западная Виргиния”
  • Russian: “Западная Вирджиния”
  • Samogitian: “Vakaru Virdžinėjė”
  • Samogitian: “Vakarū Virdžinėjė”
  • Sanskrit: “वेस्‍ट वर्जिनिया”
  • Sardinian: “Virgìnia Otzidentale”
  • Saterfriesisch: “West Virginia”
  • Scots: “State o Wast Virginie”
  • Scots: “US-WV”
  • Scots: “Wast Virginie”
  • Scots: “West Virginia”
  • Scots: “WV”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Virginia an Iar”
  • Serbian: “Западна Вирџинија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadna Virginia”
  • Sicilian: “Virginia Uccidintali”
  • Silesian: “Zachodńo Wirgińijo”
  • Sindhi: “ويسٽ ورجينيا”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර වර්ජිනියා”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර වර්ජීනියා”
  • Skolt Sami: “Viõstâr-Virginia”
  • Slovak: “Západná Virgínia”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna Virginija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “غرب ویرجینیا ایالتی”
  • Spanish: “Casi el cielo”
  • Spanish: “El Estado de la Montaña”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Virginia Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Virginia Occidental, Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Virginia Occidental”
  • Swahili: “West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Västvirginien”
  • Swedish: “West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “WV”
  • Swiss German: “West Virginia”
  • Tagalog: “Kanlurang Virginia”
  • Tagalog: “West Virginia”
  • Tajik: “Вирҷинияи Ғарбӣ”
  • Talysh: “Həşinıştə Vircinya”
  • Talysh: “Həšinyštə Virčinijə”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு வர்ஜீனியா”
  • Tamil: “வெஸ்ட விர்ஜினியா”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Виргиния”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ వర్జీనియా”
  • Thai: “รัฐเวสต์เวอร์จิเนีย”
  • Tosk Albanian: “West Virginia”
  • Tumbuka: “West Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Batı Virginia eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Batı Virginia, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri”
  • Turkish: “Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “State of West Virginia”
  • Turkish: “US-VW”
  • Turkish: “VW”
  • Turkish: “W. Va.”
  • Turkish: “W.V.”
  • Turkish: “W.Va”
  • Uighur: “غەربىي ۋىرگىنىيە شىتاتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна Вірджинія”
  • Urdu: “مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Uzbek: “G`arbiy Virjiniya”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy Virjiniya”
  • Venetian: “Virginia de l’Òvest”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “West Virginia”
  • Vlaams: “West Virginia”
  • Vlax Romani: “West Virginia”
  • Volapük: “Vesüda⸗Virginän”
  • Volapük: “West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Western Armenian: “Արեւմտեան Վիրճինիա”
  • Western Frisian: “West Firginia”
  • Western Frisian: “West-Firginia”
  • Western Mari: “Вадывел Виргини”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویسٹ ورجینیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “西弗吉尼亚州”
  • Yakut: “Арҕаа Вирдьиния”
  • Yiddish: “וועסט ווירדזשיניע”
  • Yoruba: “Ìwọ̀orùn Firginia”
  • Yoruba: “Ìwọ̀orùn Virginia”
  • Yoruba: “West Virginia”
  • Yue Chinese: “西維珍尼亞州”
  • Zeeuws: “West Virginia”
  • Zhuang: “Virginia Baihsae”
  • “ma Wewesinja”
  • “Vakarū Virdžinėjė”
  • “Virgìgna Ucidentàla”
  • “Virginia Tlāpcopa”
  • “वेस्ट वर्जीनिया”

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