Alexandria, Virginia

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The city of Alexandria is located in Alexandria City.

Time Zone: Alexandria lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight savings time.

To help familiarize you with some neighboring communities:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance<1>
Morningside (MD)	1,297	E	9 mi [14.48 km]
Cottage City (MD)	1,161	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]
District Heights (MD)	6,224	E	10 mi [16.09 km]
Fairmount Heights (MD)	1,546	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]
North Brentwood (MD)	480	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]

To learn about other nearby communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Alexandria.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Alexandria had a population of 128,283 people. This represented 1.81% of the total population of Virginia, making it the state's 8th most populous community.

From the Census estimates^<2> for 2006, Alexandria had a population of 136,974 people. This is an increase of 6.77% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Alexandria Census page).

Alexandria is 30 feet [9.14 m] above sea level.^<3>

 
Official Website:   http://www.ci.alexandria.va.us/

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Alexandria. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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