What is Virginia Beach?

Q: What is Virginia Beach?


A: Virginia Beach is an American city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is located on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean and is the largest city in Virginia.

Q: What cities are part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metropolitan area?


A: The area includes Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk as well as other smaller cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads.

Q: What makes Virginia Beach famous?


A: Virginia Beach is best known as a resort town with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels and restaurants along the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay. It also has several state parks, three military bases, a number of large corporations and two universities.

Q: How did English colonists first arrive to Jamestown?


A: The first landing of English colonists going to Jamestown took place at Virginia Beach.

Q: What record does Virginia Beach hold according to Guinness World Records?


A: According to Guinness World Records, it holds the record for having longest pleasure beach in the world.

Q: Where can you find one of longest bridge-tunnels in the world?


A: The longest bridge-tunnel in the world can be found at southern end of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel near Virigina Beach.

Q: What nickname does this region have?



A: This region is known as "America's First Region."

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