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Suffolk is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area of eastern Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 63,677. A more recent 2005 census shows that the city's population has grown to 81,039.

In 1974, the city was created from the former town of Suffolk, the unincorporated communities of Holland, Virginia and Whaleyville, and the independent City of Nansemond which was itself created from the former Nansemond County only two years earlier, creating the largest geographic city in Virginia.

Suffolk Virginia is also the "birthplace" of Mr. Peanut, Planters Peanuts mascot. Large Employers in the City of Suffolk include Unilever (Lipton Tea), Planters Peanuts, Wal-Mart, Target, and QVC, and major modeling and simulation companies; Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.

In 2002, the new Obici hospital was completed and dedicated.

Each year in the fall Suffolk holds its annual Peanut Fest; the 2005 Peanut Fest will be the 28th since its inception.

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