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The South > Virginia > Geography

VIRGINIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Geographic regions
The South
Land Acreage > Total Cropland 4.174 million acres [26th of 43]
Land Acreage > Total Forest Land 15.844 million acres [18th of 44]
Land Acreage > Total Pasture or Range Land 1.412 million acres [29th of 43]
Land area 39,594 sq mi [37th of 56]
Land borders
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia
Largest cities (with populations) Virginia Beach - 440,098
May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence tornadoes > Number 5 [14th of 26]
Mean County Area 826.75 sq.km. [48th of 49]
North American blizzard of 1996 > Snowfall accumulation totals VA
Percentage of area water 7.43% [17th of 50]
State capitals (with populations) Richmond - 192,494
Tornadoes > Fatalities 25 [25th of 55]
Tornadoes > Injuries 460 [26th of 55]
Tornadoes > Total cost of damage $124,738,048.00 [28th of 55]
Tornadoes > Total number 279 [29th of 55]
Total area 42,774 sq mi [35th of 50]
US National Historic Landmarks > Number 118 [5th of 51]
US National Historic Landmarks > Number, non-duplicated 118 [5th of 51]
Water area 3,180 sq mi [15th of 50]

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SOURCES: US Census Bureau.; National Association of State Foresters, 2004.; US Census Bureau, 2006.; Wikipedia: List of May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence tornadoes; Wikipedia: County statistics of the United States; Wikipedia: North American blizzard of 1996; Storm Prediction Center (SPC); Wikipedia: List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state

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