Pennsylvanie

Pennsylvania state seembols
	The Banner o Pennsylvania
	The Seal o Pennsylvania
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
Inanimate insignia
Beverage	Milk
Dance	Polka
Fossil	Trilobite
Sile	Hazleton
Sang(s)	"Pennsylvania"
Route merker(s)
State Quarter
	Released in 1999
	Leets o Unitit States state seembols

Commonweel of Pennsylvanie
Commonweel of Pennsylvanie
Flag	Seal
	Nickname(s): Keystone State; Quaker State
	Motto(s): Virtue, Liberty and Independence
	State sang(s): "Pennsylvania"
Offeecial leid	Nane (Inglis, de facto)
Spoken leids	Inglis 90.1%; Spainyie 4.1%; Ither 5.8%
Demonym	Pennsylvanian
Caipital	Harrisburg
Lairgest ceety	Philadelphia
Lairgest metro	Delaware Valley
Aurie	Ranked 33rd
• Tot	46,055 sq mi ; (119,283 km2)
• 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 5t
• Tot	12,802,503 (2015 est)
• Density	284/sq mi (110/km2); Ranked 9t
• Median hoosehauld income	$60,389 (26t)
Elevation
• Heichest pynt	Mount Davis; 3,213 ft (979 m)
• Mean	1,100 ft (340 m)
• Lawest pynt	Delaware River at Delaware border; sea level
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)
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.pa.gov

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 Loch Erie.

The state is ane o the 13 oreeginal foondin states o the Unitit States; it cam intae bein in 1681 as a result o a ryal laund grant tae William Penn, the son o the state's namesak. Pairt o Pennsylvanie (alang the Delaware River), thegither wi the present State o Delaware, haed earlier been organised as the Colony o New Swaden. It wis the seicont state tae ratifee the Unitit States Constitution, on 12 December 1787. Independence Hall, whaur the Unitit States Declaration o Unthirldom an Unitit States Constitution war drauchtit, is locatit in the state's lairgest ceety o Philadelphia. In the American Ceevil War, the Battle o Gettysburg wis focht in the sooth central region o the state. Valley Forge near Philadelphia wis General Washington's heidquarters in the bitter winter o 1777–78.