City of Fairfax, Virginia (independent city, county seat location)

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The City of Fairfax, Virginia is an independent city in Northern Virginia that serves as the governmental and commercial hub of the surrounding Fairfax County within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf county seat
human settlement
independent city
areaCode 571
703
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
countySeatOf Fairfax County, Virginia
daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Daylight Time
fipsCode 51-26496
gnisFeatureID 1499419
governmentType council–manager government
hasCampusOf George Mason University
hasCollege George Mason University
hasEvent City of Fairfax Fall Festival
Independence Day Parade
hasHistoricDistrict City of Fairfax Historic District
hasLandmark Blake House
Historic Fairfax County Courthouse
Old Town Hall (Fairfax, Virginia)
Ratcliffe–Logan–Allison House
hasPublicSchoolSystem Fairfax City Public Schools
hasPublicTransitConnectionTo Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Metro station
Washington, D.C.
isCommercialHubOf Fairfax County, Virginia
isCountySeatLocationFor Fairfax County Courthouse
isGovernmentalHubOf Fairfax County, Virginia
isIndependentOf Fairfax County, Virginia
locatedIn Commonwealth of Virginia
Northern Virginia
locatedInMetropolitanArea Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
majorRoad Interstate 66
U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 50
Virginia State Route 123
namedAfter Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
partOf Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
postalCode 22030
22031
22032
22033
22034
22035
region Mid-Atlantic United States
sharesSchoolSystemServicesWith Fairfax County Public Schools
stateCapital no
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Fairfax County, Virginia
contains
Providence (former name of the town) ("independent City of Fairfax, Virginia")
hasSuccessorAdministrativeUnit

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