See Also: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital(health)
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital(health)
Baton Rouge General Medical Center and General Health Center(health)
Maine General Health Center(health)
Lancaster General Health Campus(health)
Southwest General Health Center(health)
Mercy General Health Partners(health)
Sentara Hospitals(health)
Sentara Healthcare(health)
Sentara Leigh Hospital(health)

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (health) and Hokkaido (sh)


Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (health)


The Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a hospital in Virginia, United States.









Hokkaido (sh)




formerly Yezo

Island (pop., 2000 prelim.: 5,683,000) and province, northern Japan.

Northernmost of the four main islands of Japan, it is bordered by the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific Ocean and has an area of 30,107 sq mi (77,978 sq km). Its administrative headquarters is Sapporo. Within its borders are several high mountains, including Asahi (7,513 ft [2,290 m]), and Japan's longest river, the Ishikari. Long the domain of the aboriginal Ainu, Hokkaido attracted serious Japanese settlement beginning in 1869. It has a varied economy, supported by iron and steel, and the largest coal deposits in Japan. The Seikan Tunnel (1988) under the Tsugaru Strait links it with Honshu.