Virginias facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
The Virginias
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| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  Virginia West Virginia |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 67,004.97 sq mi (173,542.1 km2) |
| • Land | 63,528.30 sq mi (164,537.5 km2) |
| • Water | 3,476.67 sq mi (9,004.5 km2) |
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| • Total | 10,327,666 |
| • Density | 154.132835/sq mi (59.511020/km2) |
The Virginias (sometimes also known as the two Virginias) is a region in the United States comprising the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. If they were a single state (as they were until the Civil War), the Virginias would have a combined population of 10,425,109 as of 2020 United States census. This would give Virginia the 10th-largest population of any state, with 14,000 people less than the 9th, North Carolina. The total area of the two states is about 175,000 square kilometers (67,000 square miles).
Washington, D.C. (the District of Columbia, the capital of the U.S.) is at the intersection of Maryland and Virginia. Thus, some of Virginia's larger cities, like Alexandria and Arlington, are near the area. The Baltimore, Maryland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metropolitan areas are not far away from the Virginia border.
Vexit
Vexit is a proposed measure for Second Amendment sanctuary counties in Virginia to secede and join the neighboring, more conservative West Virginia over the issue of gun legislation.
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