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Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51. List of the 95 counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia (links shown under FIPS County Code are for the U.S. Census Bureau Statistics Info Page for that county):
Alexandria: 224 VA Fredericksburg A-K: 225 VA Fredericksburg L-Z: 226 VA Winchester: 227 VA Culpeper: 228 VA Harrisonburg: 229 VA Charlottesville: 230 VA Richmond A-L: 231 VA Richmond M-Z: 232 VA* Richmond Main: 233 VA Chesapeake: 234 VA Virginia Beach: 235 VA* Norfolk: 236 VA Newport News: 237 VA* Portsmouth: 238 VA Petersburg: 239 VA ...
Neighboring Virginia CDPs are Belle Haven to the north, Groveton to the northwest, Hybla Valley to the west, and Mount Vernon to the southwest across Little Hunting Creek. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Fort Hunt CDP has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.2 km 2 ), of which 5.9 square miles (15.2 km 2 ) is land and 0.42 ...
Rose Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.The population was 20,226 at the 2010 census. [1] Built in the mid-1950s, Rose Hill is the largest of the subdivisions that make up the CDP, which is just southwest of Alexandria; others include Wilton Woods, Burgundy Village, and Winslow Heights.
All of Fairlington, including the Alexandria portion, is in the 22206 ZIP code area and is served by the United States Postal Service's Shirlington Annex Post Office although the Parkfairfax Post Office in Alexandria is closer to most of Fairlington.
The red-colored area is the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia served by area code 703 and its overlay code 571.. Area codes 703 and 571 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Northern Virginia, including the independent cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park, as well as all of Arlington and Fairfax counties and ...
Alexandria, Virginia is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located along the western bank of the Potomac River. The city of approximately 151,000 is about six miles (9.6 kilometers) south of downtown Washington, D.C.