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Bucks County

Bensalem

Bensalem is a residential suburb next to the bustling metropolis of . Bensalem is a great place to stay if you want to avoid the hustle, bustle and high prices of the inner city.
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  • Type: Town with 58,800 residents
  • Description: township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Bensalem Township”, “Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania”, and “Salem”
  • Postal code: 19020
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Franklin Mall and Parx Casino and Racing.

Shopping center
is an enclosed in , bordering Bensalem in and 15 miles from . Named for Benjamin Franklin, the mall is home to 125 stores, a food court, and seven theme restaurants and was visited by an estimated 18 million people in 2006.

Casino
Photo: Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Thoroughbred horse racing venue and the largest casino gaming complex in . Parx is located in Bensalem Township in , northeast of the city of .

Church
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, also known as Bensalem AME Church, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 1200 Bridgewater Road in , Bensalem Township, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northeast Philadelphia and Far Northeast Philadelphia.

Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.
is a more residential area of the city, although it is home to burgeoning Russian, Brazilian, and Indian communities and restaurants.

Suburb
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Northeast Philadelphia, nicknamed Northeast Philly, the Great Northeast, and known colloquially as simply "the Northeast", is a section of , . is situated 4 miles west of Bensalem.

Village
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is a census-designated place located in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 9,950. is situated 3 miles southeast of Bensalem.

Bensalem

Latitude
40.1046° or 40° 6′ 16″ north
Longitude
-74.9513° or 74° 57′ 5″ west
Population
58,800
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US BNM
Open location code
87G7423X+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158863395
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5179995
Wiki­data ID
Q583018
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Bensalem” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “本萨棱镇”
  • Chinese: “本薩棱鎮”
  • Chinese: “本薩稜鎮”
  • Chinese: “本赛霖姆市”
  • Chinese: “賓沙林鎮區”
  • Dutch: “Bensalem Township”
  • French: “Bensalem Township”
  • German: “Bensalem”
  • Italian: “Bensalem”
  • Japanese: “ベンサレム”
  • Japanese: “ベンセイラム”
  • Japanese: “ベンセイラム郡区”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Bensalem”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенсейлем Тауншип”
  • Urdu: “بینسیلم ٹاؤن شپ، پنسلوانیا”
  • Urdu: “بینسیلم ٹاؤن شپ”
  • Vietnamese: “Xã Bensalem, Quận Bucks, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Xã Bensalem”
  • Welsh: “Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Bensalem Township”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bensalem”. Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.