Norfolk is an
independent city in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, in the
United States of America. With a population of 234,403 as of the
2000 census, Norfolk is Virginia's second-largest incorporated city.Norfolk is located in the
Hampton Roads region, named for the large
natural harbor of the same name located at the mouth of
Chesapeake Bay. Norfolk is one of nine cities and seven counties that constitute the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, officially known as the
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA. The city is bordered to the west by the
Elizabeth River and to the north by the
Chesapeake Bay. It also shares land borders with the independent cities of
Chesapeake to its south and
Virginia Beach to its east. One of the oldest of the
Seven Cities of Hampton Roads, Norfolk is considered to be the historic, urban, financial, and cultural center of the region.
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