Home of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth is an independent city, in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk metro area. The community was named for the city in England. The latitude of Portsmouth is 36.835N. The longitude is 76.298W. The city is in the Eastern Standard time zone. The estimated population in 2004 was 99,291. There are lots of good museum in the area such as Lightship Museum, Museum of Military History, Naval Shipyard Museum, Children’s Museum of Virginia. This will be a perfect place to live your life.