VAVirginia
Old Dominion · Capital: Richmond · South (Mid Atlantic)
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Capital
Richmond
Largest city
Virginia Beach
Population
5–10 million
Area rank
#35 of 50
Admitted
1788
Time zone
Eastern Time
Region
South
Letters
8
Bordering states: Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina.
4 fun facts about Virginia
- Virginia has been home to 8 US presidents, more than any other state.
- The first English colony, Jamestown (1607), was settled here — 13 years before Plymouth Rock.
- The Pentagon, just outside DC in Arlington, is the largest office building in the world by floor area.
- Roanoke Colony — North America's first English colony — disappeared without trace in 1590 in what's now coastal NC, then claimed by Virginia.
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