Philadelphia Region
The Philadelphia Region is in eastern Pennsylvania. Its two largest cities are Philadelphia and Allentown. Philadelphia is the cradle of American democracy, a former capital of the United States and the nation's sixth-most populous city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Philadelphia and Allentown.
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, routinely referred to as Philly, is the birthplace of American democracy. In Independence Hall and in taverns and other locations around the city, the nation's founders planned and launched the American Revolution, which gave birth to the nation.
Allentown
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Allentown is the largest city in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, the county seat and largest city in Lehigh County, and the third-largest city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with a population of 125,845 as of 2020.
Reading
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Reading is a historic city of about 95,000 in Pennsylvania, about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia, 35 miles southwest of Allentown and 55 miles east of Harrisburg.
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Montgomery County
Montgomery County is a county northwest of Philadelphia. It ranges in character from farm country to suburbia. It has a population of over 830,000, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania. The county seat and largest community is Norristown.
Delaware County
Delaware County, colloquially referred to as Delco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With a population of 576,830 as of the 2020 census, it is the fifth-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the third-smallest in area.
Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley, colloquially called The Valley, is a region in eastern Pennsylvania. With a population of 861,889 people as of 2020, the Lehigh Valley is the third-most populous metropolitan region of the state after the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions.
Bucks County
Bucks County is in the Delaware Valley, in the Philadelphia Region of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Chester County
Chester County, colloquially referred to as Chesco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the Delaware Valley region, located in the southeastern part of the state.
Kutztown
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Kutztown is a small town in the northeastern part of Berks County, in Pennsylvania Dutch Country between Reading and Allentown. It is home to about 5,100 year-round residents, and to the Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, a public university whose 8,300 students make the town a busy place from late August to early May.
Philadelphia Region
- Type: region
- Location: Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
40.29° or 40° 17′ 24″ northLongitude of center
-75.5° or 75° 30′ westWikidata ID
Q14925011
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Philadelphia Region” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “regió de Pennsilvània”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Filadelfio”
- Hebrew: “פילדלפיה רבתי”
- Italian: “Area di Filadelfia”
- Japanese: “フィラデルフィア・リージョン”
- Japanese: “フィラデルフィア地域”
- Slovenian: “Philadelphia Region”
- Venetian: “Àrea de Fiładelfia”
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