Virginie

Virginie
State
Commonwealth of Virginia
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  Old Dominion, Mother of Presidents
Motto(s):  Sic semper tyrannis (Scots: Sicweys Ayeweys tae Teerants)[1]
Anthem: "Our Great Virginia"
Map o the Unitit States wi Virginie hielichted
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Colony o Virginie
Admittit tae the Union	25 Juin 1788 (10t)
Caipital	Richmond
Lairgest ceety	Virginia Beach
Lairgest metro	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Ralph Northam (D)
• Lieutenant Governor	Justin Fairfax (D)
Legislatur	General Assemmly
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Delegates
Judiciar	Supreme Coort o Virginie
U.S. senators	Mark Warner (D) Tim Kaine (D)
U.S. Hoose delegation	7 Democrats 4 Republicans (leet)
Area
• Total	110,785.67 km2 (42,774.2 sq mi)
Area rank	35t
Dimensions
• Length	690 km (430 mi)
• Width	320 km (200 mi)
Elevation	290 m (950 ft)
Highest elevation (Munt Rogers[2])	1746 m (5,729 ft)
Lowest elevation (Atlantic Ocean)	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Total	8,535,519
• Rank	12t
• Density	79.8/km2 (206.7/sq mi)
• Density rank	14t
• Median hooseaud income	$71535[3]
• Income rank	10t
Demonym(s)	Virginian
Leid
• Offeecial leid	English
• Spoken leid	English 86% Spanish 6% Other 8%
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
USPS abbreviation	VA
ISO 3166 code	US-VA
Trad. abbreviation	Va.
Latitude	36° 32′ N tae 39° 28′ N
Longitude	75° 15′ W tae 83° 41′ W
Website	www.virginia.gov

Virginie (Inglis: Virginia), offeecially the Commonweel o Virginie, is a U.S. state locatit in the Sooth Atlantic region o the Unitit States. Virginia is nicknamit the "Old Dominion" an whiles 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.

1. ↑ "Factpack" (PDF). Virginia General Assembly. 11 Januar 2007. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 October 2008. Retrieved 11 Mairch 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. ↑ Burnham & Burnham 2018, pp. 277
3. ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 2017. Retrieved 16 Mairch 2019.