Virginia was named after England's Queen Elizabeth I, who was known as the "Virgin Queen" because she never married.

Location Mid-Atlantic coast
Bordered By North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland

Total Area (rank) 42,769 sq mi (35th)
Greatest Distance E-W 452 mi
Greatest Distance N-S 209 mi
Geographic Center 5 miles south of Buckingham
Coastline 112 mi
Highest Point Mount Rogers; 5,729 ft
Lowest Point Atlantic Coast; sea level

Population (rank) 8,260,405 (12th)
Largest Cities Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Richmond, Newport News, Arlington, Hampton, Alexandria, Portsmouth, Roanoke

Capital Richmond
Local Administration 95 counties

Principal Industries computer and data processing services, manufacturing, retail, agriculture
Principal Manufactures transportation equipment, textiles, electric equipment, chemicals
Agricultural Products soybeans; tobacco; cattle, poultry, hogs; dairy products
Minerals coal, crushed stone, sand and gravel, lime, kyanite

First Permanent Settlement Jamestown, in 1607
Ratified Constitution (rank) June 25, 1788 (10th)

SEE ALSO
Queen Elizabeth I
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Maryland
Jamestown

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