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The '''Commonwealth of Virginia''' ([[IPA]]: /[[IPA chart for English|{{IPA|vɝːˈdʒɪ.njə}}]]/) is a [[South Atlantic States|South Atlantic]] [[U.S. state|state]] historically considered part of the [[Southern United States|southern region]] of the [[United States of America]]. Named after [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] of [[England]], who was known as the ''Virgin Queen'', this [[Commonwealth (United States)|commonwealth]] was one of the [[thirteen colonies]] that revolted against [[British Empire|British]] rule in the [[American Revolution]]. Virginia was the first part of the Americas to be continuously inhabited by British colonists from its founding as a European colony up to the [[American Revolution]]. It included area explored by the 1584 expedition of Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] along the coast of North America, and at one time it also included [[Bermuda]] (or ''Virgineola''). The London Virginia Company became incorporated as a joint stock company by a proprietary charter drawn up on [[April 10]], [[1606]]. The charter granted lands stretching from approximately the 34th parallel (North Carolina) north to approximately the 45th parallel (New York) and from the Atlantic Ocean westward (although the Third Charter of 1612 extended its boundaries far enough across the Atlantic to incorporate Bermuda, which the company had been in possession of since 1609). The capital is [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] and the most populous city is [[Virginia Beach]]. Due to the nature of [[independent cities]] in Virginia, the most populous local jurisdiction is [[Fairfax County]] in [[Northern Virginia]]. Independent cities and counties function in the same manner, and according to the US Census Bureau independent cites are considered [[county-equivalent]].
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== Trivia ==
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*When [[Douglas Wilder]] became governor of Virginia on [[January 13]], [[1990]], he became the first [[African-American]] to serve as governor of a [[U.S. state]] since [[Reconstruction]].
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