Virginia Beach

independent city in Virginia, United States
Place independent_city_in_the_united_states Q49259
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Virginia Beach

Summary

Virginia Beach is an independent city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of independent_city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,425 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Virginia Beach is located in Virginia[3].
  • Virginia Beach is in the country of United States[4].
  • Virginia Beach's head of government is recorded as Will Sessoms[5].
  • Virginia Beach's head of government is recorded as Bobby Dyer[6].
  • Virginia Beach's instance of is recorded as independent city in the United States[7].
  • Virginia Beach's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Virginia Beach's shares border with is recorded as Northampton County[9].
  • Virginia Beach's shares border with is recorded as Q49231[10].
  • Virginia Beach's shares border with is recorded as Chesapeake[11].
  • Virginia Beach's shares border with is recorded as Currituck County[12].
  • Virginia is named after Virginia Beach[13].
  • Virginia Beach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bangor[14].
  • Virginia Beach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Miyazaki[15].
  • Virginia Beach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Moss Municipality[16].
  • Virginia Beach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Olongapo[17].
  • Virginia Beach's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Juan del Sur[18].
  • Virginia Beach's legislative body is recorded as Virginia Beach City Council[19].
  • Virginia Beach's postal code is recorded as 23450[20].
  • Virginia Beach's postal code is recorded as 23451[21].
  • Virginia Beach's postal code is recorded as 23452[22].
  • Virginia Beach's postal code is recorded as 23453[23].
  • Virginia Beach's postal code is recorded as 23454[24].
  • Virginia Beach's postal code is recorded as 23455[25].
  • Virginia Beach's postal code is recorded as 23456[26].
  • Virginia Beach's postal code is recorded as 23457[27].

Body

Geography

Virginia Beach is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Virginia[3]. It is part of Hampton Roads[28].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+439069'}[29], {'amount': '+442826'}[30], {'amount': '+445378'}[31], {'amount': '+448479'}[32], {'amount': '+452745'}[33], and {'amount': '+437994'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include independent city in the United States[7] and big city[8].

History and Context

1906 marks the founding of Virginia Beach[35]. Virginia is named after it[13].

Why It Matters

Virginia Beach ranks in the top 8% of independent_city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,425 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . virginiabeach.gov. Retrieved . virginiabeach.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . vbsca.org. vbsca.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . vbsca.org. vbsca.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . vbsca.org. vbsca.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . vbsca.org. vbsca.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . vbsca.org. vbsca.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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