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{{USState
|name=West Virginia
|flag=West_Virginia_State_Flag.gif
|motto="Montani semper liberi" (Mountaineers are always free)
|nick=The Mountain State
|capital=Charleston
|language=English
|governor=Joe Manchin
|gparty=Democrat
|senator1=Robert Byrd
|s1party=Democrat
|senator2=Jay Rockefeller
|s2party=Democrat
|population=
|date=June 20, 1863 (35th)
}}
[[Image:West-virginia.gif|right|thumb|Map of West Virginia]]
[[Image:West-virginia.gif|right|thumb|Map of West Virginia]]
'''West Virginia''' became the thirty-fifth state on June 20, 1863, after separating from [[Virginia]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Its official nickname is "The Mountain State," which is apt considering that West Virginia has the highest mean elevation of any state east of the [[Mississippi River]]. West Virginians commonly refer to themselves as Mountaineers. The team name of the state's flagship university-- West Virginia University-- is also the Mountaineers. "Montani semper libre," the state's slogan, means "Mountaineers will always be free."
'''West Virginia''' became the thirty-fifth state on June 20, 1863, after separating from [[Virginia]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Its official nickname is "The Mountain State," which is apt considering that West Virginia has the highest mean elevation of any state east of the [[Mississippi River]]. West Virginians commonly refer to themselves as Mountaineers. The team name of the state's flagship university-- West Virginia University-- is also the Mountaineers. "Montani semper libre," the state's slogan, means "Mountaineers will always be free."