Virginias

{{Short description|Region in the United States}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = The Virginias

| settlement_type = Region

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| image_map = The Virginias.png

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| coordinates = {{coord|38.225|-79.824|type:adm3rd_globe:earth_region:US-VA|display=ti}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{nowrap|{{flag|United States of America}}}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{nowrap|{{flag|Virginia}}}}
{{nowrap|{{flag|West Virginia}}}}

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| parts_type = Principal cities

| parts_style = list

| p1 = • Alexandria, VA

| p2 = • Norfolk, VA

| p3 = • Richmond, VA

| p4 = • Roanoke, VA

| p5 = • Virginia Beach, VA

| p6 = • Charleston, WV

| p7 = • Huntington, WV

| p8 = • Morgantown, WV

| unit_pref = US

| area_total_sq_mi = 67004.97

| area_land_sq_mi = 63528.30

| area_water_sq_mi = 3476.67

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Population, Population Change, and Estimated Components of Population Change: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019 (NST-EST2019-alldata) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-total.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126071436/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-total.html |archive-date=January 26, 2020 |url-status=live }}

| population_total = 10327666

| population_as_of = 2019

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

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The Virginias (sometimes also known as the two Virginias) is a region in the United States comprising the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/two-virginias/|title=Two Virginias|last=Harris-Perry|first=Melissa|date=2010-04-08|access-date=2019-03-06|language=en-US|issn=0027-8378}} If they were a single state (as they were until 1863),{{Cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/west-virginia/articles/why-west-virginia-split-from-virginia/|title=Why West Virginia Split from Virginia|last=Gaddy|first=Kristina|website=Culture Trip|date=16 March 2018 |access-date=2019-03-06}} the Virginias would have a combined population of 10,425,109 as of 2020 United States census.{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0400000US51|access-date=2022-01-20|website=data.census.gov}}{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0400000US54|access-date=2022-01-20|website=data.census.gov}} This would give Virginia the 10th-largest population of any state, with 14,000 people less than the 9th, North Carolina. The total area of the two states is about 175,000 square kilometers (67,000 square miles).{{Cite journal|last=Science|first=American Association for the Advancement of|date=1885-07-03|journal=Science|language=en|volume=ns-6|issue=126|pages=17–18|doi=10.1126/science.ns-6.126.17|issn=0036-8075|pmid=17801321|title=Geology of the Virginias|bibcode=1885Sci.....6...17. }}