Chesapeake

Also known as Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake, VA

independent city in Virginia, United States

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Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia that operates its own local government separate from any county. It is one of Virginia's largest cities and serves as an important urban and economic center in the state's southeastern region.

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Encyclopedic overview

Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,422, making it the second-most populous city in Virginia, the tenth largest in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 92nd-most populous city in the United States.

Chesapeake is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. One of the cities in the South Hampton Roads, Chesapeake was organized in 1963 by voter referendums approving the political consolidation of the city of South Norfolk with the remnants of the former Norfolk County, which dated to 1691. (Much of the territory of the county had been annexed by other cities.) Chesapeake is the second-largest city by land area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the 17th-largest in the United States.

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