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Virginia
Welcome to Virginia and a brief overview of The Old Dominion.
One of the Southern States, Virginia is located on the east coast of the 48 "conterminous" states. It's bordered by Kentucky, West Virginia, and Maryland on the north and by Tennessee and North Carolina on the south. Virginia is bordered by Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east and by Kentucky and West Virginia on the west.
The southern end of the Delmarva ("Del"aware + "Mar"yland + "V"irgini"a") Peninsula is part of Virginia.
- Statehood: June 25, 1788 (10th state)
- Abbreviation: Va. (traditional), VA (postal)
- Capital: Richmond.
- Size: 40,767 square miles, includes inland water (36th)
- Coastline: 112 miles.
- Latin Motto: Sic semper tyrannis (Thus always to tyrants)
- State bird: Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) adopted 1950.
- State flower: American dogwood blossom (Cornus florida) adopted 1918.
- State song: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", words and music by James Bland, adopted 1940.
- State tree: American dogwood (Cornus florida) adopted 1956.
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