Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area

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The Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area is a major coastal urban region in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina centered on the Hampton Roads harbor, known for its large military presence, port facilities, and tourism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf metropolitan statistical area
urban area
centeredOn Hampton Roads estuary
surface form: Hampton Roads harbor
containsUniversity Christopher Newport University
Norfolk State University
Old Dominion University
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crossedBy Elizabeth River
Hampton Roads
James River
hasAirport Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport
Norfolk International Airport
hasBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay
hasCharacteristic coastal
harbor-centered
major military presence
major port facilities
tourist destination
hasEconomicSector higher education
military
port logistics
shipbuilding
tourism
hasMajorCity Chesapeake
Elizabeth City
Franklin
Hampton
Newport News, Virginia
surface form: Newport News

Norfolk
Poquoson
Portsmouth
Smithfield
Suffolk
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
surface form: Virginia Beach

Williamsburg
hasMilitaryInstallation Fort Eustis, Virginia
surface form: Joint Base Langley–Eustis

Little Creek–Fort Story
Naval Air Station Oceana
Naval Station Norfolk
hasPort Port of Virginia
hasTransportationInfrastructure Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel
Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel
locatedIn North Carolina
Virginia
locatedInRegion Northeastern North Carolina
Southeastern Virginia
partOf Hampton Roads

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Norfolk, Virginia partOfMetropolitanArea Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States partOf Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
Norfolk Tides mediaMarket Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Norfolk–Portsmouth–Newport News media market
Downtown Tunnel serves Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Norfolk metropolitan area
Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel isInMetropolitanArea Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Norfolk–Virginia Beach–Newport News metropolitan area
The Tide light rail system isInMetropolitanArea Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area
Newport News, Virginia partOf Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Newport News–Hampton metropolitan area
Newport News, Virginia partOf Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
Suffolk, Virginia, United States partOf Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
subject surface form: Suffolk, Virginia
this entity surface form: United States Census Bureau Hampton Roads metropolitan statistical area
City of Norfolk isPartOf Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
Portsmouth, Virginia partOfUrbanArea Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Norfolk–Virginia Beach–Newport News metropolitan area
Chesapeake, Virginia partOfMetropolitanArea Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States partOfCombinedStatisticalArea Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Virginia Beach–Norfolk, Virginia–North Carolina CSA
James City County partOf Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Greater Williamsburg region
Norfolk isPartOf Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
Norfolk isPrincipalCityOf Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
York County, Virginia partOf Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
Newport News–Richmond–Charlottesville–Clifton Forge main line serves Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Newport News metropolitan area
South Hampton Roads partOfMetropolitanArea Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area
Northeastern North Carolina nearbyMetropolitanArea Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area