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Commonwealth of Virginia
=Navy blue flag with the circular Seal of Virginia centred on it. =A circular seal with the words "Virginia" on the top and "Sic Semper Tyrannis" on the bottom. In the centre, a woman wearing a blue toga and Athenian helmet stands on the chest of dead man wearing a purple breastplate and skirt. The woman holds a spear and sheathed sword. The man holds a broken chain while his crown lies away from the figures. Orange leaves encircle the seal.
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Nickname(s): Old Dominion; Mother of Presidents; Mother of states.
Motto(s): Sic Semper Tyrannis (Latin)[1]
=Virginia is located on the Atlantic coast along the line that divides the Northern and Southern halves of the United States. It runs mostly east to west. It includes a small peninsula across a bay which is discontinuous with the rest of the state.
Offeecial leid Inglis
Spoken leids Inglis 94.6%, Spainyie 5.9%
Demonym Virginian
Caipital Richmond
Lairgest ceety Virginia Beach
Lairgest metro Northren Virginie
Aurie Ranked 35t
 • Tot 42,774.2 sq mi
(110,785.67 km2)
 • Width 200 miles (320 km)
 • Lenth 430 miles (690 km)
 • % watter 7.4
 • Latitude 36° 32′ N tae 39° 28′ N
 • Longitude 75° 15′ W tae 83° 41′ W
Population Ranked 12t
 • Tot 8,096,604 (2011 est)[2]
 • Density 204/sq mi  (79.0/km2)
Ranked 14t
 • Median hoosehauld income $61,044[3] (8t)
Elevation
 • Heichest pynt Mount Rogers[4][5]
5,729 ft (1746 m)
 • Mean 950 ft  (290 m)
 • Lawest pynt Atlantic Ocean[4]
sea level
Afore statehuid Colony of Virginia
Admission to Union 25 Juin 1788 (10t)
Govrenor Bob McDonnell (R)
Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling (R)
Legislatur General Assembly
 • Upper hoose Senate
 • Lawer hoose Hoose o Delegates
U.S. Senators Jim Webb (D)
Mark Warner (D)
U.S. Hoose delegation 8 Republicans,
3 Democrats (leet)
Time zone Eastren: UTC −5/−4
ISO 3166 US-VA
Abbreviations VA,
Wabsteid www.virginia.gov

Virginie (Inglis: Virginia), offeecially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state locatit in the Sooth Atlantic region o the Unitit States. Virginia is nicknamit the "Old Dominion" an sometimes the "Mother o Presidents" efter the aicht U.S. preses born thare. The geography an climate o the Commonwalth are shapit bi the Blue Ridge Mountains an the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for hintle o its flora an fauna. The caipital o the Commonwalth is Richmond; an Virginia Beach is the maist muckle ceety. Fairfax Coonty is the maist populous poleetical subdiveesion. The Commonwalth's population is ower aicht million.[2]

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  1. ↑ "Factpack" (PDF). Virginia General Assembly. Januar 11, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2008. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012" (CSV). 2012 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. December 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Median household income in the past 12 months (in 2007 inflation-adjusted dollars)". American Community Survey. United States Census Bureau. 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2008. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Retrieved October 24, 2011. 
  5. ↑ Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

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The Old Dominion
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Ootlyin islands
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Precedit bi
New Hampshire		 Leet o U.S. states bi date o statehuid
Ratified Constitution on 25 Juin 1788 (10th)		 Succeeded by
New York
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