{{Short description|Region in the United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = The Virginias | settlement_type = Region | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | image_map = The Virginias.png | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | 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}}}}<br />{{nowrap|{{flag|West Virginia}}}} | established_title = | established_date = | 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 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2019">{{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=February 8, 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 }}</ref> | population_total = 10327666 | population_as_of = 2019 | population_density_sq_mi = auto | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = }} 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/two-virginias/|title=Two Virginias|last=Harris-Perry|first=Melissa|date=April 8, 2010|access-date=March 6, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0027-8378|archive-date=March 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307173832/https://www.thenation.com/article/two-virginias/|url-status=dead}}</ref> If they were a single state (as they were until 1863),<ref>{{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=March 16, 2018 |access-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref> the Virginias would have a combined population of 10,425,109 as of 2020 United States census.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0400000US51|access-date=January 20, 2022|website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0400000US54|access-date=January 20, 2022|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Science|first=American Association for the Advancement of|date=July 3, 1885|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. }}</ref>
The two states are currently politically opposites of each other. Starting in 2008, Virginia has always voted for the Democratic Party candidate and West Virginia has always voted for the Republican Party candidate in presidential elections.
== Vexit == Vexit is a proposed measure for Second Amendment sanctuary counties in Virginia{{where|date=December 2024}} to secede and join the neighboring, more conservative West Virginia over the issue of gun legislation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wset.com/news/local/vexit-west-virginia-extends-158-year-old-invitation-for-va-localities-to-join-state|title=VEXIT: West Virginia extends 158-year-old invitation for Va. localities to join state|last=Tyree|first=Elizabeth|date=January 28, 2020|website=WSET|access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref>
==See also== *The Californias *The Canadas *The Carolinas *The Dakotas *The Floridas *History of Virginia
== References == {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Virginias}} Category:History of Virginia Category:History of West Virginia Category:Geography of Virginia Category:Geography of West Virginia Category:Regions of the Southern United States
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