Yankin Virginia

Yankin Virginia Peninsula wani yanki ne na ƙasa da ke kudu maso gabashin Virginia wanda Kogin York, Kogin James, Hampton Roads da Chesapeake Bay suka tsara. Wani lokaci ana kiransa da Yankin Ƙasa don bambanta shi da wasu yankuna biyu da ke arewa, Tsakiyar Tekun da kuma Neck ta Arewa .

Wurin ne Jamestown mai tarihi ya kasance, wanda aka kafa a shekarar 1607 a matsayin wurin zama na farko na Ingilishi na dindindin a Arewacin Amurka . Gundumomin Charles City da New Kent suna yankin Virginia Peninsula. A ƙarni na 21, ana kuma ɗaukar su a matsayin wani ɓangare na yankin Richmond-Petersburg . Sauran yankin Virginia Peninsula duk wani ɓangare ne na Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA ( yankin ƙididdiga na birni ) tare da yawan jama'a kusan miliyan 1.8. Hampton Roads MSA shine sunan da aka saba amfani da shi ga yankin birni wanda ke kewaye da ruwa mai suna iri ɗaya. Shine yanki na bakwai mafi girma a babban birni a Kudu maso Gabas kuma shine na 32 mafi girma a Amurka.

An raba ɓangaren ƙasar Hampton Roads zuwa yankuna biyu a tarihi, Virginia Peninsula ko Peninsula a gefen arewa, da South Hampton Roads a gefen kudu. (A yankin, ana kiran South Hampton Roads da "Southside", amma ba za a rikita wannan da " Southside Virginia " ba, wani yanki daban na yankin kudu maso tsakiyar Virginia wanda ke can nesa da ƙasar.) Kwanan nan, iyakokin yankin babban birnin Hampton Roads sun faɗaɗa har sun haɗa da gundumomi biyu mafi kudanci na Middle Peninsula ( Gloucester da Matthews ), a fadin Kogin York daga Virginia Peninsula.

 Tarihi 

 Binciken Sipaniya 
A farkon ƙarni na 16, masu binciken Sipaniya su ne Turawa na farko da suka ga Tekun Chesapeake, wanda suka kira Bahía de Madre de Dios ko Bahía de Santa Maria.  Suna neman hanyar Arewa maso Yamma zuwa Indiya da Gabas. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2014)">an buƙata ambato</span> ] Sun sanya wa ƙasar da ake kira Virginia suna, <i id="mwRw">Ajacán</i> .
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