Editing Annandale, Virginia (section)

===Colleges and universities===
{{Further|Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale}}
The [[Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale|oldest and largest branch]] of the [[Northern Virginia Community College]] system is also located within Annandale and was founded in 1965. A focal point of "NOVA", a commonly used nickname of the community college, is the Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Center which is a {{convert|66000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility containing a 525-seat, state-of-the-art theater with satellite downlink and video projection capability, an {{convert|11000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} gymnasium/exhibition hall, a light-filled atrium entrance and a two-story art gallery. The college opened with 761 students, and today has more than 75,000 students and 2,600 faculty and staff members, and has six permanent campus sites across Northern Virginia. The student body consists of people from more than 180 countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=About NOVA|url=http://www.nvcc.edu/about-nova/index.html|access-date=November 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102045548/http://www.nvcc.edu/about-nova/index.html|archive-date=November 2, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The campus, which has an Annandale postal address, is part of [[Wakefield, Fairfax County, Virginia|Wakefield]].<ref name=WakefieldVACDPmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st51_va/place/p5182371_wakefield/DC10BLK_P5182371_001.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Wakefield CDP, VA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 5, 2020}} - Compare campus addresses to the CDP map.</ref><ref name=Campusaddress>{{cite web|url=https://www.nvcc.edu/annandale/index.html|title=Annandale Campus|publisher=Northern Virginia Community College|access-date=December 5, 2020|quote=8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003|archive-date=August 5, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020805122652/http://www.nvcc.edu/annandale/|url-status=bot: unknown}}-  and [https://web.archive.org/web/19961112162806/http://www.nv.cc.va.us/campus/ in 1996] - Compare the physical location to the CDP map.</ref> The bureau defined the campus as being in the Annandale CDP for the [[1990 United States census]] and the [[2000 United States census]],<ref>2000 Map: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st51_Virginia/Place/5101912_Annandale/CBP5101912_000.pdf|title=CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: ANNANDALE CDP|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 5, 2020}} - Pages [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st51_Virginia/Place/5101912_Annandale/CBP5101912_001.pdf 1] and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st51_Virginia/Place/5101912_Annandale/CBP5101912_002.pdf 2].<br>
1990 Map: [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st51_Virginia/51059_Fairfax/90B51059_000.pdf index map]. Annandale CDP is on pages [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st51_Virginia/51059_Fairfax/90B51059_019.pdf 19], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st51_Virginia/51059_Fairfax/90B51059_020.pdf 20], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st51_Virginia/51059_Fairfax/90B51059_024.pdf 24], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st51_Virginia/51059_Fairfax/90B51059_025.pdf 25], and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st51_Virginia/51059_Fairfax/90B51059_026.pdf 26].</ref> but in 2010 separated the area with the NVCC campus into a new CDP.<!--Apparent from how it's now in Wakefield CDP-->