Chesapeake is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads portion of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia in the United States.
Chesapeakeis anindependent citylocated in theU.S. commonwealthofVirginia. As of the2010 census, the population was 222,209,in 2013, the population was estimated to be 232,977,[4]making it the third-most populous city in Virginia.
Chesapeake is included in theVirginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA–NC MSA. One of the cities in theSouth Hampton Roads, Chesapeake was organized in 1963 by voter referendums approving the political consolidation of thecity of South Norfolkwith the remnants of the formerNorfolk County, which dated to 1691. (Much of the territory of the county had been annexed by other cities.) Chesapeake is the second-largest city by land area in theCommonwealthofVirginia.