Hampton Roads (Va.
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Name (Hebrew)
המפטון רודס (וירג'יניה : אזור)
Name (Latin)
Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)
Other forms of name
Hampton Roads Region (Va.)
Southeast Virginia (Va.)
Coordinates
-76.34967 -76.34967 36.97515 36.97515 (gooearth )
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1011895
Library of congress:
sh2005008004
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: A romantic's guide to Hampton Roads, c1998:t.p. ("eventually the name of the harbor (Hampton Roads) was used to describe the area surrounding it; National Geographic defines Hampton Roads as the region that covers the area just south of Williamsburg, all the way to the North Carolina border")
- An economic profile of the Hampton Roads Planning District, 1993("Hampton Roads now contains three of the state's four largest cities--Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and Newport News--as well as seven other cities (Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Williamsburg) and four counties (Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, and York"))
- Global Security.org database, Nov. 30, 2005(Hampton Roads: "The southeastern part of the state of Virginia is known as Hampton Roads; in 1983 Hampton Roads became the official name for the region, unifying the Southside (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Chesapeake and Portsmouth) and the Peninsula (Hampton and Newport News); area includes the cities of Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Hampton, and Newport News")
- Wikipedia, Nov. 30, 2005(Hampton Roads: Hampton Roads, name both of a body of water and the land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia; officially known as the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA, less popular names include Tidewater Virginia and Seven Cities ; most of the land area of Hampton Roads is geographically divided into 2 regions, the Virginia Peninsula and South Hampton Roads, locally known as the Southside)
- ADC (Firm). Greater Hampton Roads, Virginia street map book, c2001.
- Hampton Roads Partnership WWW site, Nov. 30, 2005("Since 1983, Hampton Roads has been recognized by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as a group of communities having economic and social integration ... two areas that constitute Hampton Roads--South Hampton Roads and the Virginia Peninsula ...")
- Hampton Roads guide, with maps and illustrations of Tidewater Virginia's many places of historic interest, seaside resorts and points of pleasure to the visitor, c1925.