Williamsburg

Williamsburg is a city in southeast . Settled in 1632, it was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779 and in 1926, John D. Rockefeller Jr commissioned a restoration project to bring Williamsburg back to its former colonial glory.
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  • Type: City with 15,900 residents
  • Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Colonial Williamsburg”, “Gulielmoburgum (Virginia)”, “Middle Plantation”, “Municipalité de Williamsburg”, “Williamsbourg”, “Williamsburg (Virginia)”, “Williamsburg (Virgínia)”, “Williamsburg, VA”, “Williamsburg, Virginia”, “Williamsburg, Virgínia”, “Вильямсбург (Виргиния)”, and “Уильямсберг (Виргиния)”
  • Postal codes: 23185-23187

Places of Interest

Highlights: Colonial Williamsburg and Governor’s Palace.

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is a "living-history museum"…

Historic building
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The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg was the official residence of the British governors of Virginia.

Historic building
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The at Williamsburg, Virginia, housed both…

Williamsburg

Latitude
37.271° or 37° 16′ 16″ north
Longitude
-76.7059° or 76° 42′ 21″ west
Population
15,900
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
IATA airport code
ZWB
UN/LOCODE
US WLG
Open location code
879577CV+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158360216
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4793846
Wiki­data ID
Q492346
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Williamsburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويليامزبرغ”
  • Armenian: “Ուիլյամսբուրգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vilyamsberq”
  • Basque: “Williamsburg”
  • Bavarian: “Williamsburg City”
  • Bavarian: “Williamsburg, Virginia”
  • Bulgarian: “Уилямсбърг”
  • Catalan: “Williamsburg”
  • Cebuano: “Williamsburg (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
  • Cebuano: “Williamsburg”
  • Chechen: “Вильямсбург”
  • Chinese: “威廉斯堡”
  • Czech: “Williamsburg”
  • Dagbani: “Williamsburg”
  • Danish: “Williamsburg”
  • Dutch: “Williamsburg”
  • Esperanto: “Williamsburg”
  • Finnish: “Williamsburg”
  • French: “Williamsburg”
  • Georgian: “უილიამსბურგი (ვირჯინია)”
  • Georgian: “უილიამსბურგი”
  • German: “Williamsburg”
  • Gilaki: “ويليامزبرگ (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “ويليامزبرگ”
  • Greek: “Γουίλιαμσμπουργκ (Βιρτζίνια)”
  • Greek: “Γουίλιαμσμπουργκ”
  • Haitian: “Williamsburg, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Williamsburg”
  • Hebrew: “ויליאמסבורג”
  • Hungarian: “Williamsburg”
  • Irish: “Williamsburg”
  • Italian: “Williamsburg”
  • Japanese: “ウィリアムズバーグ”
  • Korean: “윌리엄스버그”
  • Ladin: “Williamsburg”
  • Latin: “Gulielmoburgum”
  • Low German: “Williamsburg”
  • Malagasy: “Williamsburg, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Williamsburg”
  • Malayalam: “വില്യംസ്ബർഗ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Williamsburg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Williamsburg i Virginia”
  • Norwegian: “Williamsburg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Willelmesburg on Fǣmnelande”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Willelmesburg”
  • Ossetian: “Уильямсберг”
  • Persian: “ویلیامزبرگ، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “ویلیامزبرگ”
  • Polish: “Williamsburg”
  • Portuguese: “Williamsburg”
  • Romanian: “Williamsburg”
  • Russian: “Уильямсберг”
  • Scots: “Williamsburg”
  • Serbian: “Вилијамсбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Williamsburg, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Williamsburg”
  • Slovak: “Williamsburg”
  • Slovenian: “Williamsburg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویلیامزبورق، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Williamsburg”
  • Swedish: “Williamsburg, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Williamsburg”
  • Tagalog: “Williamsburg, Virginia”
  • Tagalog: “Williamsburg”
  • Talysh: “Villiamsberg”
  • Tatar: “Вильямсберг”
  • Tatar: “Вильямсбург”
  • Turkish: “Williamsburg, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Williamsburg”
  • Ukrainian: “Вільямсбург”
  • Urdu: “ویلمزبرگ، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “ویلمزبرگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Williamsburg, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Williamsburg”
  • Volapük: “Williamsburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Williamsburg, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Williamsburg”
  • Welsh: “Williamsburg”

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