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| | Virginia. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 |
 | | Virginia Beach is the largest city; other important cities include Alexandria and Arlington (suburbs of Wash., D.C.) and Norfolk, Newport News, Chesapeake, Hampton, Portsmouth, and Suffolk (all in the Hampton Roads area in the SE) and Lynchburg, |
 | | Tobacco, Virginias traditional main crop, is still produced in substantial quantities, and hay, corn, soybeans, peanuts, potatoes, and apples (esp. in the Shenandoah Valley) are important. |
 | | Coal is Virginias chief mineral; stone, cement, sand, and gravel are also important. |
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