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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 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)

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 *'''Capital:''' [[Richmond, Virginia]]
 *'''Total area:''' 110,862 sq.mi
-*'''Highest elevation:''' 5,729 ft ([[Mount Rogers]])
+*'''Highest elevation:''' 5,729 ft ([[Mount Rogers (Virginia)|Mount Rogers]])
 *'''Population''' (2010 census) 8,001,024
-*'''Date admitted to the Union:''' June 25, 1788
+*'''Date Virginia joined the United States:''' June 25, 1788
+<h2>State symbols:</h2>
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+<div style="float:right;">
-*'''Governor:''' [[Bob McDonnell]] ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
+[[Image:Blooming Dogwood.jpg|border|95px|alt=Dogwood]]<br/>
-*'''Lieutenant Governor:''' [[Bill Bolling]] ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
+[[Image:Cardinal.jpg|95px|border|alt=Cardinal]]<br/>
-*'''Attorney General:''' [[Ken Cuccinelli]] ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
+[[Image:2000 VA Proof.png|75px|Virginia Quarter]]<br/>
-*'''[[United States Senate|Senators]]:''' [[Jim Webb]] (D), [[Mark Warner]] (D)
+</div>
-*'''[[United States House of Representatives|Representatives]]:''' [[Rob Wittman]] (R-1st), [[Scott Rigell]] (R-2nd), [[Robert C. Scott]] (D-3rd), [[Randy Forbes]] (R-4th), [[Robert Hurt (Virginia politician)|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)
+*'''[[List of U.S. state flowers|Flower]]''':[[Dogwood]]
+*'''[[List of U.S. state mottos|Motto]]''':''[[Sic semper tyrannis]]'' (Thus always to tyrants)
+*'''[[Slogan]]''':[[Virginia is for Lovers]]
+*'''[[List of U.S. state nicknames|Nicknames]]''':"Old Dominion", "Mother of Presidents", "Mother of States"
+*'''[[List of U.S. state dances|Dance]]''':[[Square dance]]
+*'''[[List of U.S. state birds|Bird]]''':[[Northern Cardinal|Cardinal]]
+*'''[[List of U.S. state fish|Fish]]''':[[Brook trout]]
+*'''[[List of U.S. state mammals|Domestic Mammal]]''':[[American Foxhound]]
+*'''[[List of U.S. state fossils|Fossil]]''':[[Chesapecten jeffersonius]]
+<h2>Government</h2>
+*'''Governor:''' [[Glenn Youngkin]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
+*'''Lieutenant Governor:''' [[Winsome Sears]] (R)
+*'''Attorney General:''' [[Jason Miyares]] (R)
+*'''[[United States Senate|Senators]]:''' [[Tim Kaine]] (D), [[Mark Warner]] (D)
+*'''[[United States House of Representatives|Representatives]]:''' [[Rob Wittman]] (R-1st), [[Elaine Luria]] (D-2nd), [[Bobby Scott (politician)|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)
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