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is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 22,354 at the 2000 census. It is in Tri-Cities area of the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Hopewell with Prince George county for statistical purposes.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.8 square miles (28.0 km²). 10.2 square miles (26.5 km²) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.5 km²) is water. The total area is 5.36% water.