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Statehood: June 25, 1788, the 10th state Capital: Richmond
Total Area: 35th
among states, 110,785 sq km (42,774 sq mi)
Water Area: 7,068
sq km (2,729 sq mi)
Highest Point: Mount
Roger, 1,746 m (5,729 ft)
Total Population:
12th among states
2010 census - 8,001,024
Population Density in 2010: 202.6
people per sq mi
Distribution in 2000:
71.5% Urban, 28.5% Rural
Economy:
Gross State Product - $427.7
billion (2010)
Personal income per Capita - $43,874 (2009)
Largest cities in 2010:
Virginia Beach: 437,994
Norfolk: 242,803
Chesapeake: 222,209
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The Atlantic Flyway, a route for birds migrating along the Atlantic coast,
crosses Virginia, and the state provides
important resting and feeding grounds.
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Because
of Virginia's prestige, the Confederate capital was moved on May
21, 1861, from Montgomery, Alabama, to Richmond.
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Virginia
was the birthplace of many U.S. presidents,
including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James
Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler,
Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.
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Virginia was the site of
the surrenders ending the American Revolution (Yorktown) and the
Civil War (Appomattox).
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Tobacco was once
Virginia's sole economic crop.
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The Chesapeake Bay
Bridge Tunnel is the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex.
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Patrick Henry made his
"Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in St. John's
Church in Richmond.
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Opened in 1964, the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is 18 miles long and has two bridges
and two mile-long tunnels. It extends over the mouth of Chesapeake
Bay and connects the cities of Cape Charles and Norfolk.
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Government employment,
especially the Federal government and military, has replaced tobacco
as the state's number one industry.
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Jamestown was the first
English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of
Virginia.
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Virginia has had 3
capital cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond.
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Virginia is the home
base for the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet.
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