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| City of Virginia Beach | |||
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 Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia. | |||
| Coordinates: 36°50′04″N 76°05′6.72″W / 36.83444, -76.0852 | |||
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| Country | United States | ||
| State | Virginia | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Meyera E. Oberndorf | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 497.3 sq mi (1,288.1 km²) | ||
| - Land | 248.3 sq mi (643.1 km²) | ||
| - Water | 249.0 sq mi (645.0 km²) | ||
| Elevation | 10 ft (6 m) | ||
| Population (2000 Census) | |||
| - City | 438,619 | ||
| - Density | 1,712.8/sq mi (661.3/km²) | ||
| - Urban | 1,212,000 | ||
| - Metro | 1,795,015 | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| Area code(s) | 757 | ||
| FIPS code | 51-82000 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 1500261 | ||
| Website: http://www.vbgov.com/ | |||
Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most populous city in Virginia and the 41st largest city in the United States, with an estimated population of 435,619 in 2006.
Virginia Beach is the easternmost of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads which make up the core of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA. This area, known as "America's First Region", also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads.
Virginia Beach is best known as a resort, with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. It is also home to several state parks, several long protected beach areas, three military bases, a number of large corporations, two universities, and historic sites. Near the point where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet, Cape Henry was the site of the first landing of the English colonists bound for Jamestown on April 26, 1607.
The city is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the longest pleasure beach in the world and is located at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the longest bridge-tunnel complex in the world.