The City of Chesapeake in Southeastern Virginia is part of the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News MSA, the nation's 27th-largest metro region. Commonly referred to as "Hampton Roads," this collection of dynamic, historic cities at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay was America's first port and is still one of its busiest.

• 353 square miles… second-largest city in Virginia area-wise and 13th-largest in the country
• Located at the center of the Eastern Seaboard
• Located within 750 miles of two-thirds of the U.S. population
• Chesapeake comprises over 120 miles of commercial waterfront, including 12 miles of deep draft channels and over 1,000 acres of land with foreign trade zone designation
• Less than 20 miles from the Atlantic Ocean through the Port of Hampton Roads, the world's largest, and one of its busiest, natural harbors
• Excellent highway, railway and airport access