Nearby cities: Norfolk
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Virginia Beach is located in the southeastern corner of Virginia, situated on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Boasting a population of 433,746 (as of 2008), Virgina Beach is Virginia's most populous city and the 42nd-largest city in the United States. Virginia Beach is a resort city with miles of beaches. In fact, the city is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the longest pleasure beach in the world. Virginia Beach is a consolidated city-county, which happens when a city and county have been merged into one unified jurisdiction.