Pennsylvanie
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| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | |||||
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| Nickname(s): Keystone State;[1] Quaker State | |||||
| Motto(s): Virtue, Liberty and Independence | |||||
| State sang(s): "Pennsylvania" | |||||
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| Offeecial leid | Nane (Inglis, de facto) | ||||
| Spoken leids | Inglis 90.1% Spainyie 4.1% Ither 5.8%[2] |
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| Demonym | Pennsylvanian | ||||
| Caipital | Harrisburg | ||||
| Lairgest ceety | Philadelphia | ||||
| Lairgest metro | Delaware Valley | ||||
| Aurie | Ranked 33rd | ||||
| • Tot | 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km2) |
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| • Width | 280 miles (455 km) | ||||
| • Lenth | 160 miles (255 km) | ||||
| • % watter | 2.7 | ||||
| • Latitude | 39° 43′ to 42° 16′ N | ||||
| • Longitude | 74° 41′ to 80° 31′ W | ||||
| Population | Ranked 6t | ||||
| • Tot | 12,802,503 (2015 est)[3] | ||||
| • Density | 284/sq mi (110/km2) Ranked 9th |
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| • Median hoosehauld income | US$48,562 (26t) | ||||
| Elevation | |||||
| • Heichest pynt | Mount Davis[4][5] 3,213 ft (979 m) |
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| • Mean | 1,100 ft (340 m) | ||||
| • Lawest pynt | Delaware River at Delaware border[4] sea level |
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| Afore statehuid | Province of Pennsylvania | ||||
| Admission to Union | 12 Dizember 1787 (2nt) | ||||
| Govrenor | Tom Wolf (D) | ||||
| Lieutenant Governor | Mike Stack (D) | ||||
| Legislatur | General Assembly | ||||
| • Upper hoose | State Senate | ||||
| • Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives | ||||
| U.S. Senators | Bob Casey, Jr. (D) Pat Toomey (R) |
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| U.S. Hoose delegation | 13 Republicans, 5 Democrats (leet) | ||||
| Time zone | Eastren: UTC −5/−4 | ||||
| ISO 3166 | US-PA | ||||
| Abbreviations | PA, Pa. or Penna. | ||||
| Wabsteid | www |
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| Ainimal an Plant insignia | |
| Bird(s) | Ruffed grouse |
| Dug breed | Great Dane |
| Fish | Brook trout |
| Flouer(s) | Mountain laurel |
| Insect | Firefly |
| Mammal(s) | White-tailed deer |
| Tree | Eastern hemlock |
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| Beverage | Milk |
| Dance | Polka |
| Fossil | Trilobite |
| Sile | Hazleton |
| Sang(s) | "Pennsylvania" |
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Pennsylvanie is a state in the Unitit States o Americae. It is bund bi sax states (New Jersey an Delaware tae the east, New York tae the north, Maryland an Wast Virginie tae the sooth, an Ohio tae the wast) an bi Canadae at Lake Erie.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Symbols of Pennsylvania". Portal.state.pa.us. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Most spoken languages in Pennsylvania in 2010". MLA Data Center. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedPopEstUS - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived frae the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
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