Richmond is the capital city in [wiki=c8b287075ce4f11c834d2a0ada967ddc]Virginia[/wiki], a commonwealth in the [wiki=52ee55074f1808ed43a232b2ec149b95]South[/wiki] Region of the [wiki=1f122dd19db580fd03635dd699fb49de]United States of America[/wiki]. Richmond has a population of 214,000 and the adjacent counties of Henrico and Chesterfield combine to create a local population of more than 1,250,000 people.