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Capital: Richmond

Largest city: Virginia Beach

Largest metro area: Northern Virginia

Admission to Union: June 25, 1788 (10th)

Highest point: Mount Rogers 5,729 ft

Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 ft

The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents.

The state nickname is the oldest symbol, though it has never been made official by law. Virginia was given the title, "Dominion", by King Charles II of England

Virginia begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London

Virginia was one of the Thirteen Colonies

Virginia joined the Confederacy in the American Civil War, during which the state of West Virginia created.

Virginia is divided into counties and independent cities, which both operate the same way since independent cities are considered to be county-equivalent.

In 2006, Forbes Magazine named Virginia the best state in the nation for business

The Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters, in Arlington, is the world's largest office building.

The CIA is located in Langley

The Virginia State Fair is held at the Richmond International Raceway every September.

The University of Virginia, a World Heritage Site, was founded by President Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville

There are 161 colleges and universities in Virginia

Commonwealth of Virginia

Commonwealth of Virginia seal

About Virginia

Thunderstorms are a regular occurrence, and the state has an average of thirty-five to forty-five days of thunderstorm per year.

Forests cover sixty-five percent of the state

Virginia has one national park, the Shenandoah National Park.

Most African-American Virginians are descendants of enslaved Africans who worked on tobacco, cotton, and hemp plantations.

Northern Virginia has the largest Vietnamese population on the East Coast

"Virginia Is for Lovers"