Portal:Virginia/Fact
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- Capital: Richmond, Virginia
- Total area: 110,862 sq.mi
- Highest elevation: 5,729 ft (Mount Rogers)
- Population (2010 census) 8,001,024
- Date admitted to the Union: 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: Terry McAuliffe (D)
- Lieutenant Governor: Ralph Northam (D)
- Attorney General: Mark Herring (D)
- Senators: Tim Kaine (D), Mark Warner (D)
- Representatives: Rob Wittman (R-1st), Scott Rigell (R-2nd), Robert C. Scott (D-3rd), Randy Forbes (R-4th), Robert Hurt (R-5th), Bob Goodlatte (R-6th), Eric Cantor (R-7th), Jim Moran (D-8th), Morgan Griffith (R-9th), Frank Wolf (R-10th), Gerry Connolly (D-11th)
