Tag: Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a US state in the South Atlantic Ocean region of the United States. It includes parts of the South Atlantic coastal plain, parts of the Piedmont and the southern Appalachians. It was named after Queen Elizabeth I of England and after her first colonial possession, British America. This […]

Norfolk Norfolk (Virginia), port city of Virginia, USA; 242,800 residents (2010). See Hampton Roads. Richmond Richmond (Virginia), the capital of Virginia, USA; 204,200 residents (2010), of which 51% are black. The city, located on the James River with shipping connection to the Atlantic Ocean, is an administrative, economic and cultural center with a large and […]