Area, 40,817 sq mi (105,716 sq km).
Pop. (2000) 7,078,515, a 14.4% increase since the 1990 census.
Capital, Richmond.
Largest city, Virginia Beach. 
Motto, Sic Semper Tyrannis [Thus Always to Tyrants].
State bird, cardinal.
State flower, dogwood.
State tree, dogwood.

The Commonwealth of Virginia was one of the original 13 colonies. Virginia is sometimes called the Old Dominion or the Mother of States because several states were carved from the Old Dominion. Virginia is sometimes called the Mother of Presidents 8 Presidents were born in Virginia. Virginia was name for "the Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I.