Member State of the United States of America. Located in the central part of the Atlantic coast, it covers an area of 105 716 km 2 and has a population of 7 489 600 residents (2004). It is bathed by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and borders the states of West Virginia to the northwest, Maryland to the north and northeast, North Carolina and Tennessee to the south and…
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Beautiful nature and eventful history The American state of Virginia was named after the English Queen Elizabeth I. Virginia is one of the 13 founding states of the USA. The first permanent English settlement of the “New World” was established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia. The capital of Virginia is Richmond. Other major cities in the country are Norfolk, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. Virginia is nicknamed – The Old Dominion…
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