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Virginia Beach is an independent city on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, and with 459,470 residents in the 2020 census it is the most populous city in Virginia.

Cape Henry, at the city's northern oceanfront, was the site of the first landing of the English colonists on April 26, 1607, before they sailed on to settle Jamestown.

The 1792 Cape Henry Lighthouse was the first lighthouse authorized by the first Congress of the newly founded United States.

The small resort town of Virginia Beach was incorporated as a town in 1906 and as a city in 1952, then merged with all of Princess Anne County in 1963 to form the modern city, which was divided into seven boroughs.

Virginia Beach has about 179,851 households according to Census Bureau QuickFacts figures for 2020-2024, with about 2.49 people per household.

The city stretches along about 38 miles of sandy shoreline, and its famous oceanfront boardwalk runs for 3 miles, linking dozens of hotels, restaurants and attractions with a separate bike path.

First Landing State Park, commemorating the 1607 landing, protects about 2,888 acres of cypress swamp, maritime forest and dunes inside the city, and False Cape State Park lies within the city limits as well.

Virginia Beach is a major military city: Naval Air Station Oceana, the Navy's East Coast Master Jet Base, is the city's largest employer, and the city also hosts Joint Expeditionary Base East at Cape Henry and Training Support Center Hampton Roads.

The city hosts the East Coast Surfing Championships and the North American Sand Soccer Championship on its oceanfront each year.

Virginia Beach is home to Regent University and to the international headquarters and television studios of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), as well as Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment.