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Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach | |
|---|---|
 Virginia Beach from the pier | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname(s): "The Resort City", VA Beach | |
| Motto: Landmarks of Our Nation's Beginning | |
 Interactive map of Virginia Beach | |
  Virginia Beach  Virginia Beach | |
| Coordinates: 36°51′00″N 75°58′40″W / 36.85000°N 75.97778°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Virginia |
| Incorporated (town) | 1906 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1952 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council–manager |
| • Mayor | Bobby Dyer (R) |
| Area | |
| • Independent city | 497.50 sq mi (1,288.52 km2) |
| • Land | 244.72 sq mi (633.83 km2) |
| • Water | 252.78 sq mi (654.69 km2) |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
| Population | |
| • Independent city | 457,672 |
| • Rank | US: 43rd VA: 1st |
| • Density | 1,877.5/sq mi (724.9/km2) |
| • Urban | 1,451,578 (US: 36th) |
| • Urban density | 3,013.6/sq mi (1,163.6/km2) |
| • Metro | 1,799,674 (US: 37th) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 23450-23467, 23471, 23479 |
| Area code(s) | 757, 948 |
| FIPS code | 51-82000[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1500261[5] |
| Website | Official website  |
Virginia Beach is an American city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The city is in the South Hampton Roads area on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the largest city in Virginia. It is the 42nd largest city in the United States. There are people living there.[6]
Virginia Beach is a part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metropolitan area. The area also includes the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads. The area is known as "America's First Region."
Virginia Beach is best known as a resort town. It has miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay. It is also home to several state parks, three military bases, a number of large corporations, and two universities. It was the site of the first landing of English colonists going to Jamestown.
The city is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the longest pleasure beach in the world.[7] It is also at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the longest bridge-tunnel in the world.
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Virginia Beach city, Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ↑ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 Population Estimates, Census 2000, 1990 Census: http://factfinder.census.gov/ Archived 2020-02-12 at Archive.today
- ↑ Blogger, Travel (2012-09-12). "Virginia Beach also the World's Longest Stretch of Pleasure Beach". Trip and Travel Blog. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
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