Pennsylvanie
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | |||||
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Nickname(s): Keystone State;[1] 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%[2] | ||||
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)[3] | ||||
• Density | 284/sq mi (110/km2) Ranked 9t | ||||
• Median hoosehauld income | $60,389[4] (26t) | ||||
Elevation | |||||
• Heichest pynt | Mount Davis[5][6] 3,213 ft (979 m) | ||||
• Mean | 1,100 ft (340 m) | ||||
• Lawest pynt | Delaware River at Delaware border[5] 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 |
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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" |
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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 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.
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.
- ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 (NST-EST2015-01)". 2015 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. December 23, 2015. Archived frae the oreeginal (CSV) on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived frae the oreeginal on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
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