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Virginia Beach
The United States of America is a country in North America that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and shares land borders with Canada and Mexico. 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. The city is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 39th largest city in the US, with a total population of 447,000. It is the third largest suburban city in the United States after Long Beach, California and Mesa, Arizona, and the fourth largest in North America. It is one of seven cities that are together officially known as Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News.
Like the independent municipalities of Hampton, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Newport News and Chesapeake, Virginia Beach is sometimes called a suburb of Norfolk despite Virginia Beach's larger population and urban areas. Virginia Beach is best known as a major resort, with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. 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.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1,288.1 square kilometers. 643.1 square kilometers of it is land and 645.0 square kilometers of it is water. While Virginia Beach is the most populated city within the MSA, it actually currently functions more as a suburb. The city of Norfolk is recognized as the central business district, while the Virginia Beach Oceanside resort district and Williamsburg are primarily centers of tourism. The weather in Virginia Beach is temperate and seasonal. Summers are hot and humid with cool evenings.
Adam Keeling House, Adam Thoroughgood House, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Henry, Cape Henry Memorial, Convention Center, False Cape State Park, Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic, Fort Story and many more are the city’s attractions. Today, one can also learn about its history, from its earliest times and gain enthusiasm in its natural beauty and populace. Virginia Beach enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers.
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