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NICK NAME | Old Dominion; Mother of Presidents; Mother of States | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Richmond | |
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LARGEST CITY | Virginia Beach | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Norfolk | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Fairfax | |
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AREA | 42,769 sq. miles; 39,598 sq. miles land, 3,171 sq. miles water. Coastline 112 miles. (35th state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 5,729 ft., Mount Rogers (Grayson County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | sea level along the Atlantic Ocean | |
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ABBREVIATION | VA (postal); Va. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 540, 703, 757, 804 | |
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TIME ZONE | Eastern | |
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PART OF REGION | South | |
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ADMISSION DATE | June 25, 1788 (10th State) | |
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LOCATION | On the central Atlantic coast of the United States, bordering North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. It includes the offshore islands of Chincoteague, Wallops, Cedar, parramore, Hog, Cobb and Smith, and the Eastern Shore at the tip of the Delmarva peninsula. One of the thirteen original English Colonies. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | For elizabeth I of England, "the Virgin Queen." The name originally applied to all the territory claimed by the British in North America. The official name is the commonwealth of Virginia. | |
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STATE BEVERAGE | Milk | |
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STATE BIRD | Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | |
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STATE DOG | American Foxhound | |
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STATE FLOWER | American Dogwood(Cornus Florida) | |
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STATE SONG | "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" | |
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STATE TREE | American Dogwood (Cornus Florida) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Sic semper tyrannis . (Latin: "Thus ever to tyrants") |
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