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Federated state of the Eastern USA, 62,759 km², 1,818,470 residents (2006
estimate), 29 residents/km²,
capital: Charleston. Borders: Pennsylvania (N), Maryland (NE), Ohio (NW), Virginia (E,
S), Kentucky (SW).
State Overview
The territory has an almost rounded shape, with two prominences (panhandles),
which go to E (Eastern Panhandle) and N (Northern Panhandle); mainly mountainous
(Spruce Knob, 1482 m), it is largely made up of the Allegheny Plateau, crossed
in the NE-SW direction by long mountain ridges. The Eastern Panhandle is
separated from the main body of the territory by the Allegheny Mountains, E of
which stretches the Great Appalachian Valley, limited to E by the Blue
Ridge. The major rivers are Ohio, the Potomac, Big Sandy, Kanawha and
Monongahela. In the seventies of the twentieth century, in view of serious
employment problems, support plans for industry were launched, which promoted
investments in the mechanical and chemical sectors, while aimed at consolidating
the more mature sectors (metallurgical, glass, food, wood). and building
materials). The role of agriculture (cereals, fruit, potatoes, fodder) and
breeding (cattle, sheep, poultry) are fairly good. The exploitation of forests
and subsoil is important (coal, oil, natural gas, rock salt); the industry is
developed in the food, engineering, chemical, plastics and glass sectors. Major
cities, in addition to the capital, are Huntington, Wheeling and Parkersburg.
History
The state of West Virginia was formed following the detachment of its western
part from Virginia, whose citizens in 1861 ruled against
the secession order. The territory that later became West Virginia had been
colonized, starting from 1750, by men of the "frontier", who descended from the
Allegheny to the Ohio valley and settled there, creating a prosperous
agricultural economy. Since the beginning of the American Union, the territory
had nourished autonomistic aspirations fueled by divergences of concrete
interests compared to the rest of the state. It also influenced a certain
neglect of the Virginian government towards the western part. The new state was
admitted to the Union in 1863.
Below you will see top cities in West Virginia. Visit
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Parkersburg
City (33,900 residents) of the State of West Virginia (USA), 110 km N
of Charleston, 190 m at the confluence of Little Kanawha in Ohio, on the border
with Ohio. Road and railway junction and river port, it is an important
agricultural and livestock market and home to the metal, mechanical, chemical,
petrochemical, paper, glass, food, textile, electrotechnical, tobacco and
footwear industries. Nearby, coal, natural gas and oil fields. Airport.
Wheeling
City (34,900 residents) of the State of West Virginia (USA), 80 km to the
WSW of Pittsburgh, 210 m on the left of the Ohio River. Located near coal and
natural gas fields, it is home to iron and steel, metalworking, pharmaceutical,
glass, tobacco, food and electrical engineering industries. Airport.
Huntington
City (63,700 residents) of the State of West Virginia (USA), 70 km W of
Charleston, 170 m on the left of the Ohio River, which here forms the border
with the State of Ohio. Main city of the state, it is a river port and railway
junction and an active agricultural market (tobacco, fruit), also home to the
iron and steel, chemical, textile, electrical engineering, glass, footwear,
tobacco and clothing industries; near, deposits of coal, oil and natural
gas. Airport. Marshall University (1837).
Charleston (West Virginia)
City (64,000 residents) and capital of the State of West Virginia (USA),
located at the confluence of the Elk River with the Kanawha River, at the
western slopes of the Allegheny Mountains. Road and rail junction, in a rich
mining region, is home to the chemical, engineering, rubber, wood and paper
industries. Airport.
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