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  2. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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    Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both ...

  3. Virginia Port Authority - Wikipedia

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    Virginia Port Authority. The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) is an autonomous agency ( political subdivision) of the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns The Port of Virginia, a group of facilities with their activity centered on the harbor of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The principal facilities of the Port of Virginia are four marine terminals, all ...

  4. Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    GNIS feature ID. 1497043 [4] Website. nnva.gov. Newport News ( / ˌnuːpɔːrt -, - pərt -/) [6] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United ...

  5. Mathews County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Mathews County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,533. [1] Its county seat is Mathews. [2] Located on the Middle Peninsula, Mathews County is included in the Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News, VA- NC Metropolitan Statistical Area .

  6. Geographic information system - Wikipedia

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    A geographic information system ( GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic data. [1] [2] Much of this often happens within a spatial database; however, this is not essential to meet the definition of a GIS. [1] In a broader sense, one may consider such a ...

  7. Page County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Congressional district. 6th. Website. www .pagecounty .virginia .gov. Page County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,709. [1] Its county seat is Luray. [2] Page County was formed in 1831 from Shenandoah and Rockingham counties and was named for John Page, Governor of Virginia from 1802 to 1805.

  8. List of Virginia area codes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of area codes in the Commonwealth of Virginia . 276 — Southwest corner of the state including Bristol, Galax, Martinsville, and Wytheville (September 1, 2001 as split from 540). 434 — South central area including Charlottesville and Lynchburg (June 1, 2001 as split from 804). 540/826 — Central and North including ...

  9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport News ...

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    This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Newport News, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.