Pennsylvania
About Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, forming the Mason-Dixon Line, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia, and the state capital is Harrisburg. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the country, with over 13 million residents as of the 2020 United States census. Pennsylvania has the ninth-highest by population density, and is the 33rd-largest by land area. The largest metropolitan statistical area is the Philadelphia metropolitan area in southeastern Pennsylvania, also known as the Delaware Valley and centered on Philadelphia, the sixth-most populous U.S. city. Pennsylvania's second-largest metropolitan area, Greater Pittsburgh, is centered in and around Pittsburgh, the commonwealth's second-largest city.
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The world's largest pencil is from Pennsylvania: it has a 250-pound eraser on the end, its lead weighs 4,000 pounds, and the exterior is a perfect yellow.
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More facts about Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is not named after William Penn, the Quaker who founded it, but after his father, and Penn didn't even want it called Pennsylvania.
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There is a place called Myerstown in Pennsylvania where a giant aspirin tablet is dropped for New Year, because the Bayer HealthCare plant is there.
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In 2020 Pennsylvania designated beer distributors as a life-sustaining service.
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Coordinates: 41.0000, -78.0000