
State of Virginia
Capital city Richmond Biggest city Virginia Beach Surface 110,786 km² Population 8,642,000 Length of highway network 2,394 km First highway 1941 Abbreviation VA Virginia is a state in the eastern United States. The state is located on the Atlantic Ocean and has 8.6 million inhabitants (2021). The capital is Richmond and the largest city is Virginia Beach, part of the Hampton Roads conurbation. The state has an area of 110,785 square kilometers and is almost 3 times the size of the Netherlands. Richmond, the capital of Virginia. Geography Virginia is located on the east coast of the United States, although the open sea coastline is relatively short relative to the size of the state. The state is bordered by North Carolina and Tennessee to the south, Kentucky and West Virginia…