West Virginia

Also known as The Mountain State, Almost Heaven, WV, West Virginia, United States, State of West Virginia, W. Va., W.Va., US-WV

state of the United States of America

AI overview

West Virginia is a state located in the eastern United States, situated in the Appalachian region. It matters as one of the nation's states and contributes to the country's geography, economy, and political representation.

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Within Vinony's link graph, West Virginia is referenced by 15,970 other articles, and connects out to African Americans, list of governors of West Virginia and Vandalia.

The entry is geolocated on the map in WV.

It sits within the topics 1863 establishments in Virginia, Contiguous United States and Geography of Appalachia.

Its subject is documented across 191 Wikipedia language editions.

Research

36,723 papers

Pain Management During West Virginia's Opioid Crisis.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM · 2022Haggerty T, Sedney CL, Dekeseredy P et al.DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.05.220097
West Virginia Perinatal Partnership.The West Virginia medical journal · 2015Loudin S, Maxwell S, Mitra S et al.
The Opioid Epidemic in West Virginia.The health care manager · 2019Merino R, Bowden N, Katamneni S et al.DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0000000000000256
Utilization of West Virginia Pediatric Medicaid Claims Data to Guide Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2022Kilgore JT, Lanata MM, Willis JM et al.DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piab125
West Virginia lobotomy project.Journal of the American Medical Association · 1954FREEMAN W, DAVIS HW, EAST IC et al.DOI: 10.1001/jama.1954.02950100015007
Alarmed by West Virginia's ordeal.Occupational health & safety (Waco, Tex.) · 2014Laws J
Wild . . . But Not So Wonderful-Responding to Injection Drug Use in West Virginia.American journal of public health · 2019Pollini RADOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304937
The effect of ending public funding for abortion: evidence from West Virginia.Public health · 2024Kuroki MDOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.06.014

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Okcident-Virginiano
Population: 1793716
Area: 62755
Elevation: 455
Official website: www.wv.gov
Households: 734235
Motto: Montani semper liberi

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Commons category: West Virginia
inception: 1863-06-20
Commons gallery: West Virginia
short name: W.Va.
nickname: Mountain State
water as percent of area: 0.79
native label: State of West Virginia
maximum temperature record: 112
minimum temperature record: -37
marriageable age: 18
compulsory education (maximum age): 17
OpenStreetMap zoom level: 7
official map URL: mapwv.gov/gis.html
per capita income: 27346
mean age: 42.7
hashtag: WestVirginia
minimum wage: 8.75
P8168: Dysauxes ancilla

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Encyclopedic overview

West Virginia is a mountainous, landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055.

West Virginia was admitted into the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War. It separated from Virginia and was one of two states (along with Nevada) admitted to the Union during the Civil War. Some of its residents held slaves, but most were propertied farmers, and the delegates provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in the new state constitution. The state legislature abolished slavery in the state, and at the same time ratified the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery nationally on February 3, 1865.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Virginia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.