Editing Newington, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
Newington is located in southern Fairfax County at {{coord|38|44|7|N|77|12|13|W|type:city}} (38.735414, &minus;77.203558).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the north by [[Springfield, Virginia|Springfield]], to the northeast by [[Franconia, Virginia|Franconia]] and [[Kingstowne, Virginia|Kingstowne]], to the east and southeast by [[Fort Belvoir]], to the southwest by [[Lorton, Virginia|Lorton]], to the west by [[Newington Forest, Virginia|Newington Forest]], and to the northwest by [[West Springfield, Virginia|West Springfield]]. [[Interstate 95]] passes through the middle of the CDP, with access from Exit 166 (Virginia Route 286, the [[Fairfax County Parkway]]). [[Washington, D.C.]] is {{convert|16|mi}} to the northeast via I-95 and [[Interstate 395 (District of Columbia–Virginia)|I-395]], and [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] is {{convert|37|mi}} to the southwest. The Fairfax County Parkway leads northwest {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Interstate 66]] between [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]] and [[Centreville, Virginia|Centreville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Newington CDP has a total area of {{convert|11.9|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|11.8|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.97%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>