Wilkes-Barre

Wilkes-Barre is a city of 41,000 people in , approximately 20 miles southwest of . The city is named for John Wilkes and Isaac Barre, both of whom were members of the British Parliament who opposed royal rule of the colonies.
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  • Type: City with 41,300 residents
  • Description: city in and seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Coal City”, “Dub City”, “Fort Durkee”, “The Diamond City”, “The W-B”, “Wilkes Barre”, “Wilkes-Barre City”, “Wilkes-Barre, PA”, “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”, and “Wilkesbarre”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Luzerne County Courthouse and Holy Redeemer High School.

Courthouse
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The is a historic county courthouse located in Wilkes-Barre, , . The building houses the .

School
is a high school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton. It is located in Wilkes-Barre, , . It is currently the only Catholic high school in .

Building
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
The is an historic National Guard armory that is located in Wilkes-Barre, . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingston and Edwardsville.

Town
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is a borough in , United States. It is located on the western bank of the opposite Wilkes-Barre.

Village
Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a borough in , United States. The population was 4,918 at the 2020 census.

Village
is a borough in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 893.

Wilkes-Barre

Latitude
41.2465° or 41° 14′ 47″ north
Longitude
-75.8817° or 75° 52′ 54″ west
Population
41,300
Elevation
535 feet (163 metres)
IATA airport code
AVP
Open location code
87H664W9+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158484571
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5219488
Wiki­data ID
Q745594
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Wilkes-Barre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويلكس بار”
  • Armenian: “Ուիլքս Բարրե”
  • Asturian: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”
  • Asturian: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vilks-Barre”
  • Basque: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Belarusian: “Уілкс-Барэ”
  • Bengali: “উইলকস বারি”
  • Bislama: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”
  • Bislama: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Catalan: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Cebuano: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Chamorro: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Chechen: “Вилкс-Барре”
  • Chinese: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Chinese: “威尔克斯-巴里”
  • Chinese: “威爾克斯-巴里”
  • Cornish: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvani”
  • Cornish: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Czech: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Dagbani: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Danish: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Dutch: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Esperanto: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Finnish: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • French: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Galician: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • German: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Gilaki: “ویلکس-بري (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “ویلکس-بري”
  • Greek: “Γουίλκς Μπέαρ”
  • Gujarati: “વિલ્ક્સ-બેરે”
  • Haitian: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Hebrew: “וילקס-בארה”
  • Hindi: “विल्क्स-बेयर”
  • Hindi: “विल्क्स-बैरे”
  • Hungarian: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Indonesian: “wilkes-barre”
  • Irish: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”
  • Irish: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Italian: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Japanese: “ウィルクス＝バール”
  • Japanese: “ウィルクスバリ”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಲ್ಕೆಸ್-ಬಾರ್ರೆ”
  • Kikuyu: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Korean: “윌크스 바”
  • Korean: “윌크스 바레”
  • Korean: “윌크스 배러”
  • Korean: “윌크스 배리”
  • Korean: “윌크스-바”
  • Korean: “윌크스-바레”
  • Korean: “윌크스-배러”
  • Korean: “윌크스-배리”
  • Korean: “윌크스바”
  • Korean: “윌크스바레”
  • Korean: “윌크스배러”
  • Korean: “윌크스배리”
  • Ladin: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Latvian: “Vilksa-Bāra”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilkesberas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilks Baris”
  • Malagasy: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”
  • Malagasy: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Malay: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Marathi: “विल्क्स-बेरे”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Norwegian: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਿਲਕਸ-ਬਿਅਰ”
  • Persian: “ویلکس-بار، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Persian: “ویلکس-بار”
  • Polish: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Portuguese: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Romanian: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”
  • Romanian: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Russian: “Вилкс-Барре”
  • Russian: “Вилькесбарре”
  • Russian: “Уилкс-Барре”
  • Samoan: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Serbian: “Вилкс-Бери”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Silesian: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Sinhala: “විල්ක්ස්-බර්”
  • Slovak: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Slovenian: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویلکس-بار، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Spanish: “Wilkes-Barre (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Swahili: “Wilkes barre”
  • Swahili: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”
  • Swahili: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Swedish: “Wilkes Barre”
  • Swedish: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Tagalog: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”
  • Tagalog: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Tahitian: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Tamil: “வில்க்ஸ்-பர்ரே”
  • Tatar: “Вилкс-Барре”
  • Telugu: “విల్క్స్-బర్రె”
  • Thai: “วิลก์ส-แบร์”
  • Tumbuka: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes-Barre, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Ukrainian: “Вілкс-Барре”
  • Urdu: “ویلکس-بارر، پنسلوانیا”
  • Urdu: “ویلکیس-باری”
  • Uzbek: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Vietnamese: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Volapük: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Welsh: “Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Wilkes-Barre”
  • Western Frisian: “Wilkes-Barre”

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