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West Virginia - Wikitravel
West Virginia [http://westvirginia.com/] is a state in the Southern Region of the United States of America. It's often called the "Mountain State", being the only state in the USA to lie completely within a mountain range (in this case, the Appalachians). West Virginia is bordered by five states, on the south and east by Virginia, Maryland to the north and east, the north by Pennsylvania, the north and west by Ohio and Kentucky to the west.
http://wikitravel.org/en/West_Virginia
West Virginia Department of Commerce State Information
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http://www.wvcommerce.org/travel/requestinformation/default.aspx
West Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the north (and, slightly, east), and Maryland to the northeast. West Virginia is the 41st largest by area and the 38th most populous of the 50 United States. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia
West Virginia - Travel, Recreation, Whitewater, Real Estate, Lodging, State Parks
West Virginia - It's You is the official travel guide for tourism information, travel & recreation, state information, and tourist attractions for the state of West Virginia.
http://www.westvirginia.com/home.cfm
West Virginia Tourism: Best of West Virginia - TripAdvisor
West Virginia Tourism: TripAdvisor has 125,507 reviews of West Virginia Hotels, Attractions, and Restaurants making it your best West Virginia resource.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g28971-West_Virginia-Vacations.html
Wild Wonderful West Virginia - Go to WV
West Virginia is real, from the wild outdoors to the kind folks. A simple place for families to reconnect. For lovers to explore. Where adventure is the everyday. It's one-of-a-kind, down-home, mountain living. And there's more hidden in these hills than you could ever expect.
http://gotowv.com
Best West Virginia, United States of America Tips, Things to Do and Travel Guide - VirtualTourist
West Virginia Travel Guide: 1066 real travel reviews, tips, and photos from real travelers and locals in West Virginia at VirtualTourist.
https://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/West_Virginia/TravelGuide-West_Virginia.html
West Virginia Tourist Attractions - RoadSideAmerica
The best West Virginia oddities and offbeat attractions, road trip and vacation recommendations from Roadside America's writers and experts -- museums, statues, roadside stops, odd buildings, weird folk art.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/location/wv
10 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in West Virginia - PlanetWare
West Virginia boasts some of the most beautiful scenery on the east coast. No matter the season, outdoor adventures are endless in this wild and scenic mountainous state. Ski resorts in the snow-capped mountains offer year-round fun, and the state's densely-forested wilderness areas and fast-rushing rivers provide the perfect playground for hiking, camping, caving, rock climbing, whitewater rafting, boating, and fishing.
http://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions/west-virginia-uswv.htm
West Virginia Travel Guide - Travel and Leisure
A travel guide for West Virginia.
http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-guide/west-virginia
West Virginia Car Rental - Budget
Rent a car in West Virginia with Budget.com. Budget offers special deals for West Virginia airport and off-airport locations.
http://www.budget.com/budgetWeb/html/rentals/westvirginia-rental.html

West Virginia
State
Flag Seal
Nickname: Mountain State
Motto(s): Montani semper liberi (English: Mountaineers Are Always Free)
Map of the United States with West Virginia highlighted
Country	United States
Before statehood	Part of Virginia
Admitted to the Union	June 20, 1863; 161 years ago (1863-06-20) (35th)
Capital (and largest city)	Charleston
Largest county or equivalent	Kanawha
Largest metro and urban areas	Charleston–Huntington (combined) Huntington (metro and urban)
Government
• Governor	Jim Justice (R)
• Lieutenant governor	Craig Blair (R)
Legislature	West Virginia Legislature
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Delegates
Judiciary	Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
U.S. senators	Joe Manchin (I) Shelley Moore Capito (R)
U.S. House delegation	1: Carol Miller (R) 2: Alex Mooney (R) (list)
Area
• Total	24,230 sq mi (62,755 km²)
• Land	24,078 sq mi (62,361 km²)
• Water	152 sq mi (394 km²) 0.6%
• Rank	41st
Dimensions
• Length	240 mi (385 km)
• Width	130 mi (210 km)
Elevation	1,513 ft (461 m)
Highest elevation ( Spruce Knob ^[1] ^[2] ^{[note 1]})	4,863 ft (1,482 m)
Lowest elevation ( Potomac River at Virginia border ^[2] ^{[note 1]})	240 ft (73 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,793,716^[3]
• Rank	39th
• Density	77/sq mi (29.8/km²)
• Rank	29th
• Median household income	$43,469^[4]
• Income rank	49th
Demonyms	West Virginian, Mountaineer
Language
• Official language	De jure: English
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
USPS abbreviation	WV
ISO 3166 code	US-WV
Traditional abbreviation	W.Va. and W.V.
Latitude	37°12′ N to 40°39′ N
Longitude	77°43′ W to 82°39′ W
Website	wv.gov

Symbols of West Virginia

Slogan	"Wild and Wonderful" "Open for Business" (former) "Almost Heaven"
Song	"Take Me Home, Country Roads" "The West Virginia Hills" "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" " "This Is My West Virginia"
Bird	Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Butterfly	Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Fish	Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Flower	Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
Insect	Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Mammal	Black bear (Ursus americanus)
Reptile	Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Tree	Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
Color(s)	Old gold and blue
Food	Golden Delicious apple (Malus domestica)
Fossil	Jefferson's ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii)
Gemstone	Silicified Mississippian fossil coral (Lithostrotionella)
Rock	Coal
Tartan	West Virginia Shawl

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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West Virginia - Wikitravel
West Virginia [http://westvirginia.com/] is a state in the Southern Region of the United States of America. It's often called the "Mountain State", being the only state in the USA to lie completely within a mountain range (in this case, the Appalachians). West Virginia is bordered by five states, on the south and east by Virginia, Maryland to the north and east, the north by Pennsylvania, the north and west by Ohio and Kentucky to the west.
http://wikitravel.org/en/West_Virginia
West Virginia Department of Commerce State Information
Request Information
http://www.wvcommerce.org/travel/requestinformation/default.aspx
West Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the north (and, slightly, east), and Maryland to the northeast. West Virginia is the 41st largest by area and the 38th most populous of the 50 United States. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia
West Virginia - Travel, Recreation, Whitewater, Real Estate, Lodging, State Parks
West Virginia - It's You is the official travel guide for tourism information, travel & recreation, state information, and tourist attractions for the state of West Virginia.
http://www.westvirginia.com/home.cfm
West Virginia Tourism: Best of West Virginia - TripAdvisor
West Virginia Tourism: TripAdvisor has 125,507 reviews of West Virginia Hotels, Attractions, and Restaurants making it your best West Virginia resource.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g28971-West_Virginia-Vacations.html
Wild Wonderful West Virginia - Go to WV
West Virginia is real, from the wild outdoors to the kind folks. A simple place for families to reconnect. For lovers to explore. Where adventure is the everyday. It's one-of-a-kind, down-home, mountain living. And there's more hidden in these hills than you could ever expect.
http://gotowv.com
Best West Virginia, United States of America Tips, Things to Do and Travel Guide - VirtualTourist
West Virginia Travel Guide: 1066 real travel reviews, tips, and photos from real travelers and locals in West Virginia at VirtualTourist.
https://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/West_Virginia/TravelGuide-West_Virginia.html
West Virginia Tourist Attractions - RoadSideAmerica
The best West Virginia oddities and offbeat attractions, road trip and vacation recommendations from Roadside America's writers and experts -- museums, statues, roadside stops, odd buildings, weird folk art.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/location/wv
10 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in West Virginia - PlanetWare
West Virginia boasts some of the most beautiful scenery on the east coast. No matter the season, outdoor adventures are endless in this wild and scenic mountainous state. Ski resorts in the snow-capped mountains offer year-round fun, and the state's densely-forested wilderness areas and fast-rushing rivers provide the perfect playground for hiking, camping, caving, rock climbing, whitewater rafting, boating, and fishing.
http://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions/west-virginia-uswv.htm
West Virginia Travel Guide - Travel and Leisure
A travel guide for West Virginia.
http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-guide/west-virginia
West Virginia Car Rental - Budget
Rent a car in West Virginia with Budget.com. Budget offers special deals for West Virginia airport and off-airport locations.
http://www.budget.com/budgetWeb/html/rentals/westvirginia-rental.html

West Virginia
State
Flag Seal
Nickname: Mountain State
Motto(s): Montani semper liberi (English: Mountaineers Are Always Free)
Map of the United States with West Virginia highlighted
Country	United States
Before statehood	Part of Virginia
Admitted to the Union	June 20, 1863; 161 years ago (1863-06-20) (35th)
Capital (and largest city)	Charleston
Largest county or equivalent	Kanawha
Largest metro and urban areas	Charleston–Huntington (combined) Huntington (metro and urban)
Government
• Governor	Jim Justice (R)
• Lieutenant governor	Craig Blair (R)
Legislature	West Virginia Legislature
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Delegates
Judiciary	Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
U.S. senators	Joe Manchin (I) Shelley Moore Capito (R)
U.S. House delegation	1: Carol Miller (R) 2: Alex Mooney (R) (list)
Area
• Total	24,230 sq mi (62,755 km²)
• Land	24,078 sq mi (62,361 km²)
• Water	152 sq mi (394 km²) 0.6%
• Rank	41st
Dimensions
• Length	240 mi (385 km)
• Width	130 mi (210 km)
Elevation	1,513 ft (461 m)
Highest elevation ( Spruce Knob ^[1] ^[2] ^{[note 1]})	4,863 ft (1,482 m)
Lowest elevation ( Potomac River at Virginia border ^[2] ^{[note 1]})	240 ft (73 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,793,716^[3]
• Rank	39th
• Density	77/sq mi (29.8/km²)
• Rank	29th
• Median household income	$43,469^[4]
• Income rank	49th
Demonyms	West Virginian, Mountaineer
Language
• Official language	De jure: English
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
USPS abbreviation	WV
ISO 3166 code	US-WV
Traditional abbreviation	W.Va. and W.V.
Latitude	37°12′ N to 40°39′ N
Longitude	77°43′ W to 82°39′ W
Website	wv.gov

Symbols of West Virginia

Slogan	"Wild and Wonderful" "Open for Business" (former) "Almost Heaven"
Song	"Take Me Home, Country Roads" "The West Virginia Hills" "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" " "This Is My West Virginia"
Bird	Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Butterfly	Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Fish	Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Flower	Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
Insect	Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Mammal	Black bear (Ursus americanus)
Reptile	Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Tree	Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
Color(s)	Old gold and blue
Food	Golden Delicious apple (Malus domestica)
Fossil	Jefferson's ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii)
Gemstone	Silicified Mississippian fossil coral (Lithostrotionella)
Rock	Coal
Tartan	West Virginia Shawl

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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