Northern Virginia Area

"Northern Virginia is often referred to as the "Silicon Crescent".  Located across the Potomac River from the nation's capital, Northern Virginia is one of the most dynamic and exciting regions to be found - a place where commerce thrives, where revolutionary technologies and industries are spawned, and where some of the finest minds and most powerful leaders come together to shape the future.  Northern Virginia is a place where people from all over the world gather to enjoy monuments and historical sites, to transact business, to work, and to live.

"Northern Virginia is composed of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, Prince William, Spotsylvania, and Stafford Counties, the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park, and the Towns of Dumfries, Herndon, Leesburg, and Vienna.  Home to more than 1.7 million people, the area has a population greater than the population found in one quarter of the states.  If Northern Virginia were a city, it would rank sixth largest in the nation." 

 Source "Northern Virginia: An Economic Profile", 1997

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