Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Virginia's state insect is the tiger swallowtail butterfly.
West Virginia's state nickname is "The Mountain State."
West Virginia's state stone is crushed up gold.
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West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863.
The state flower is the Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum).
Virginia does not have an official state sport. Though nine of the fifty states have state sports, Virginia is not one of them.
As of 2013, the governor of West Virginia is Earl Ray Tomblin.
West Virginia is nicknamed "The Mountain State."
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