Southside (Virginia)
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Southside is the colloquial name given to a broad swath of southeastern and/or south-central Virginia, USA. It is bounded on the north by the James River, and does not have any particular western boundary. The term can be used in two senses:
- It can refer to the south side of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. In this sense, the term always includes the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Suffolk as well as Surry County and Isle of Wight County.
- It can also refer to the south-central part of the state, roughly bounded by the James River on the north, the Blue Ridge Mountains on the west, and the South Hampton Roads area on the east. The major center of the "Southside Virginia" area is generally considered to be Danville. An exception to this general geographic definition is the Richmond-Petersburg area, which is usually not included in the above senses of the term, where the term "Southside of Richmond" may apply instead.
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