Pennsylvanie
Pennsylvanie (Inglis: Pennsylvania; Pennsylvanie German: Pennsilfaani) 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.
Pennsylvanie | |
|---|---|
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| Afore stateheid | Province o Pennsylvanie |
| Admittit tae the Union | 12 Dizember 1787 (2nt) |
| Lairgest ceety | Philadelphia |
| Lairgest metro | Delaware Valley |
| Govrenment | |
| • 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) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 12,802,503 (2,015 est) |
| • Density | 110/km2 (284/sq mi) |
| • Median hooseaud income | $60389 |
| • Income rank | 26t |
| Leid | |
| • Offeecial leid | Nane (Inglis, de facto) |
| • Spoken leid | Inglis 90.1% Spainyie 4.1% Ither 5.8% |
| Trad. abbreviation | Pa. or Penna. |
| Latitude | 39° 43′ to 42° 16′ N |
| Longitude | 74° 41′ to 80° 31′ W |
| Pennsylvanie state seembols | |
|---|---|
 The Banner o Pennsylvanie | |
 The Seal o Pennsylvanie | |
| 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) | "Pennsylvanie" |
| Route merker(s) | |
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| State Quarter | |
 Released in 1999 | |
| Leets o Unitit States state seembols | |
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
Fremmit airtins
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