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| Philadelphia
/ Pennsylvania State Statistics |
| Pennsylvania State Flag |
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| PENNSYLVANIA
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| PHILADELPHIA |
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| AREA |
46,058 sq miles (32nd) (Land) 44,820 sq. miles (Water) 1,239 sq. miles |
| CAPITAL |
Harrisburg |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Entered Union (rank): Dec. 12, 1787 (2) , Present constitution adopted: 1968
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| LOCATION
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40.276N, 076.884W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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1,100 ft. |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
3,213 feet, 33rd Mt. Davis |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Delaware River, Sea level, 3rd |
| COUNTIES |
67 |
| COASTLINE |
0 miles |
| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
in Centre
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| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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Trilobite |
| STATE GEMSTONE
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| STATE FLAG
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Pennsylvania's State Flag is composed of a blue field on which is embroidered the State Coat of Arms. The first State Flag bearing the State Coat of Arms was authorized by the General Assembly in 1799. An act of the General Assembly of June 13, 1907, standardized the flag and required that the blue field match the blue of Old Glory. |
| STATE COLORS
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blue and gold (1907) |
| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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Cook With Coal |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Virtue, Liberty, and Independence |
| STATE SONG
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Pennsylvania |
| STATE TREE
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Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis |
| STATE BIRD
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Ruffed Grouse |
| STATE ANIMAL
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White-tailed Deer |
| STATE FISH
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| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Keystone State |
| STATE FLOWER
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Mountain Laurel Kalmia latiflolia |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Delaware Maryland New Jersey New York Ohio West Virginia |
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