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  1. 2 days ago · Roanoke ( / ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is located in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains. Roanoke is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of the Virginia– North Carolina border and 250 miles ...

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      The Roanoke Valley (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) in...

  2. 4 days ago · Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties. For some counties, for statistical ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BaltimoreBaltimore - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland [b] in 1851, and is currently the most populous independent city in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was 2,838,327, the 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country. [16]

  4. 20 hours ago · The United States of America ( USA or U.S.A. ), commonly known as the United States ( US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federation of 50 states, a federal capital district ( Washington, D.C. ), and 326 Indian reservations. [j] Outside the union of states, it asserts sovereignty over five major unincorporated island territories and various ...

  5. May 14, 2024 · Tate galleries, art museums in the United Kingdom that house the national collection of British art from the 16th century and the national collection of modern art. There are four branches: Tate Britain and Tate Modern in London, Tate Liverpool, and Tate St. Ives in Cornwall.

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  6. May 17, 2024 · Currently, Virginia has 38 independent cities, along with 95 counties. These independent cities are considered county-equivalents for census purposes. They function as primary administrative divisions of the state and have their own governance systems separate from the surrounding counties.

  7. 20 hours ago · Memphis is the fifth-most populous city in the Southeast, the nation's 28th-most populous overall, as well as the largest city bordering the Mississippi River and third largest metropolitan statistical area behind Greater St. Louis and the Twin Cities on the Mississippi River. [8] The Memphis metropolitan area includes West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of ...

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