Geography & Travel
Pennsylvania
state, United States
Also known as: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Keystone State
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Geography & Travel
- Officially:
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Capital:
- Harrisburg
- Population:
- (2020) 13,002,700; (2023 est.) 12,961,683
- Governor:
- Josh Shapiro (Democrat)
- Date Of Admission:
- Dec. 12, 17872
- U.S. Senators:
- Robert P. Casey (Democrat)
- John Fetterman (Democrat)
Recent News
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Pennsylvania, constituent state of the United States of America, one of the original 13 American colonies. The state is approximately rectangular in shape and stretches about 300 miles (480 km) from east to west and 150 miles (240 km) from north to south. It is bounded to the north by Lake Erie and New York state; to the east by New York and New Jersey; to the south by Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia; and to the west by the panhandle of West Virginia and by Ohio. Harrisburg, nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, is the capital. Pennsylvania ...(100 of 6082 words)