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Chesapeake

Independent city in central Virginia, USA, on the Elizabeth River; population (2000) 199,200. It has port facilities and is a major oil storage centre; manufactures include steel products, cement, and fertilizer. Agricultural products include the processing of soybeans.

Formed in 1963 from the city of South Norfolk and Norfolk County, Chesapeake is one of the largest US cities in area, comprising 886 sq km/342 sq mi, and is the second largest (after Suffolk) in Virginia. Situated on the Elizabeth River and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, between Portsmouth (to the west), Norfolk (to the north), and Virginia Beach (to the east), Chesapeake includes both urban and rural areas, and takes in much of the Great Dismal Swamp (to the southwest).



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