Virginia Beach is the most populous city in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia, located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in the southeastern part of the state, and ranks as the sixth-most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic region. Built around a long public beachfront boardwalk, Virginia Beach is a major East Coast tourist resort while also hosting a significant concentration of United States military installations tied to the wider Hampton Roads naval region.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m)Converted from the infobox elevation_ft value of 10 feet; no elevation_m field was given in the source. Connections
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Source Virginia Beach, Virginia (Wikipedia)
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Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, area_total_km2
area_total_km2 = 1288.52
Infobox, population_total
population_total = 459470
Infobox, population_as_of
population_as_of = 2020 United States census
Infobox, elevation_ft
elevation_ft = 10
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modern Virginia Beach was established in 1906
Infobox, coordinates
coordinates = coord|36|51|00|N|75|58|40|W|region:US-VA
On Continent: North America, Infobox, subdivision_name
subdivision_name = United States
Associated With: United States, Infobox, subdivision_name
subdivision_name = United States
Associated With: Virginia, Infobox, subdivision_name1
subdivision_name1 = Virginia
- In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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