Portal:Virginia/Fact
Appearance
- Capital: Richmond, Virginia
- Total area: 110,862 sq.mi
- Highest elevation: 5,729 ft (Mount Rogers)
- Population (2010 census) 8,001,024
- Date Virginia joined the United States: June 25, 1788
State symbols:
- Flower:Dogwood
- Motto:Sic semper tyrannis (Thus always to tyrants)
- Slogan:Virginia is for Lovers
- Nicknames:"Old Dominion", "Mother of Presidents", "Mother of States"
- Dance:Square dance
- Bird:Cardinal
- Fish:Brook trout
- Domestic Mammal:American Foxhound
- Fossil:Chesapecten jeffersonius
Government
- Governor: Glenn Youngkin (R)
- Lieutenant Governor: Winsome Sears (R)
- Attorney General: Jason Miyares (R)
- Senators: Tim Kaine (D), Mark Warner (D)
- Representatives: Rob Wittman (R-1st), Elaine Luria (D-2nd), Bobby Scott (D-3rd), Donald McEachin (D-4th), Bob Good (R-5th), Ben Cline (R-6th), Abigail Spanberger (D-7th), Don Beyer (D-8th), Morgan Griffith (R-9th), Jennifer Wexton (D-10th), Gerry Connolly (D-11th)