• Regions of Pennsylvania in the United States include: The Lehigh Valley is named for the Lehigh River, which flows through it. The region includes Allentown...
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  • This is a list of some of the ways regions are defined in the United States. Many regions are defined in law or regulations by the federal government;...
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    quarter of the state's territory, but is home to only 4% of its population. It is one of Pennsylvania's 11 state-designated tourist regions. The region...
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    Dutch cuisine throughout the Philadelphia, Allentown and Lancaster regions of Pennsylvania. In the 18th century, baking was still done in wood-fired ovens...
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    Pennsyltucky (category Regions of Pennsylvania)
    Pennsyltucky is a slang portmanteau of the names of the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Kentucky. It is used to characterize—usually humorously, but sometimes...
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    Western Pennsylvania distinct from other regions of the state. Pennsylvania is bisected in an S-curve, or roughly diagonally, by the barrier ridges of the...
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    Northeastern regions of Pennsylvania. By the American Revolution in the 18th century, the region had a high percentage of Pennsylvania Dutch inhabitants...
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    Pennsylvania (/ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪniə/ PEN-sil-VAY-nee-ə, lit. 'Penn's forest country'), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie)...
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    delineated historical and social region of suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lying along the former Pennsylvania Railroad's once prestigious Main Line...
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    Northeastern Pennsylvania (N.E.P.A. or sometimes called Nepa) is a region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless...
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    Western Pennsylvania is a region in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania encompassing the western third of the state. Pittsburgh is the region's principal...
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    region consisting of five rural counties in north-central Pennsylvania. The region is bordered to the north by the Southern Tier of New York state. Together...
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  • 2021. The wealthiest regions of Pennsylvania are the suburban counties bordering Philadelphia, the state's most populous city. As of 2020, the wealthiest...
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    Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina, who arrived primarily from Southern Germany and, to a lesser degree, the regions...
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    Lehigh Valley and Pocono Mountain regions compete athletically in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (EPC), one of the nation's premier athletic divisions...
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  • The belt regions of the United States are portions of the country that share certain characteristics. The "belt" terminology was first applied to growing...
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    Appalachian Plateau (category Regions of Pennsylvania)
    parts of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. The formation of the...
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    of Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is known for being home to the largest known deposits of anthracite coal in the world with an estimated reserve of seven...
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    number of people who work in New York City commute from Pennsylvania, particularly from the Lehigh Valley, Bucks County, and Poconos regions in eastern...
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    is the southern suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Two suburban municipalities that are included in the South Hills outside of Pittsburgh are Bethel Park...
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  • suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The independent suburban municipalities that are included in the North Hills are Ross Township, Borough of West View...
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    major airport serving certain regions of the Delaware Valley, including Bucks and Montgomery Counties in Southeast Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and New Jersey...
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    electricity provider for the Lehigh Valley, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and other regions of Pennsylvania and the United States. The PPL Building is often uniquely...
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  • Hunky (ethnic slur) (category Czech-American culture in Pennsylvania)
    refer to immigrants from Central Europe. It originated in the coal regions of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, where immigrants from Central Europe (Hungarians...
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    between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and many gaps in Pennsylvania, including the Pennsylvania Wind Gap, the Lehigh River Gap north of Allentown, the Schuylkill...
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    Area codes 610, 484, and 835 (category Area codes in Pennsylvania)
    for the eastern and southeastern regions of Pennsylvania. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes regions to the west of Philadelphia and the cities Allentown...
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    Welsh Tract (category Regions of Pennsylvania)
    The Welsh Tract, also called the Welsh Barony, was a portion of the Province of Pennsylvania, a British colony in North America (today a U.S. state), settled...
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    overview of and topical guide to the United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the fifth most populous of the 50 states...
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    The Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvanisch Deitsche), also referred to as Pennsylvania Germans, are an ethnic group in Pennsylvania and...
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    Laurel Highlands (category Regions of Pennsylvania)
    region in southwestern Pennsylvania made up of Fayette County, Somerset County, and Westmoreland County. It has a population of about 600,000 people. The...
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