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| West Virginia Education
The
climate of West Virginia is a humid subtropical climate
(Koppen climate classification Cfa) in some of the lower
elevations, primarily in the southwestern portion of the
state (including Huntington and Charleston), along with
parts of the Eastern Panhandle east of the Appalachians
with hot, humid summers and milder winters. An
English dialect was spoken by the mountaineers of West
Virginia.
The United States dollar, denoted by USD
or the symbol $, is the official currency used in the
United States. Commonly referred to as the "American
dollar, " the currency is divided into 100 cents (symbol
). West Virginia ranked 37th in population
in the US with an estimated total of 1, 801, 873 in 2002,
an increase of 0.4% since 2000. Between 1990 and 2000,
West Virginia's population grew from 1, 793, 477 to
1, 808, 344, an increase of 0.8%. Charleston is the capital and largest
city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located
at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in
Kanawha County.
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