# Virginias

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{{Short description|Region in the United States}}
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| p1                       = • [Alexandria, VA](/source/Alexandria%2C_Virginia)
| p2                       = • [Norfolk, VA](/source/Norfolk%2C_Virginia)
| p3                       = • [Richmond, VA](/source/Richmond%2C_Virginia)
| p4                       = • [Roanoke, VA](/source/Roanoke%2C_Virginia)
| p5                       = • [Virginia Beach, VA](/source/Virginia_Beach%2C_Virginia)
| p6                       = • [Charleston, WV](/source/Charleston%2C_West_Virginia)
| p7                       = • [Huntington, WV](/source/Huntington%2C_West_Virginia)
| p8                       = • [Morgantown, WV](/source/Morgantown%2C_West_Virginia)
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The '''Virginias'''  (sometimes also known as the '''two Virginias''') is a [region](/source/region) in the [United States](/source/United_States) comprising the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state)s of [Virginia](/source/Virginia) and [West Virginia](/source/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](/source/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union)),<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/2008_United_States_presidential_election), Virginia has always voted for the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) candidate and West Virginia has always voted for the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) candidate in presidential elections.

== Vexit ==
Vexit is a proposed measure for [Second Amendment sanctuary](/source/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](/source/Gun_laws_in_Virginia).<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](/source/The_Californias)
*[The Canadas](/source/Canadas)
*[The Carolinas](/source/Carolinas)
*[The Dakotas](/source/Dakotas)
*[The Floridas](/source/The_Floridas)
*[History of Virginia](/source/History_of_Virginia)

== References ==
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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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