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4 days ago · Pennsylvania, constituent state of the United States of America, one of the original 13 American colonies. The state is approximately rectangular in shape and stretches about 300 miles (480 km) from east to west and 150 miles (240 km) from north to south.
2 days ago · Pennsylvania ( / ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪniə / ⓘ, lit. 'Penn's forest country' ), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [b] ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie ), [7] is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
1 day ago · With an area of 119,279 km² (46,054 sq mi) [ 1], Pennsylvania is ranked 33 in the US list of the largest states, about one third the size of Germany. Compared with other US states, New Jersey would fit into Pennsylvania more than five times. However, Texas is almost six times larger than the Quaker State (Pennsylvania's nickname).
1 day ago · Baden-Württemberg ( / ˌbɑːdən ˈvɜːrtəmbɜːrɡ / BAH-dən VURT-əm-burg, [6] German: [ˌbaːdn̩ ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk] ⓘ ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state ( Land) in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France.
4 days ago · Philadelphia, city and port, coextensive with Philadelphia county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S. It is situated at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Area 135 square miles (350 square km).
15 hours ago · The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.It is one of nine colonial colleges and was chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service.
5 days ago · Scale: 1 inch = 30 miles. Size 10.5 x 13 inches. 1886 TUNISON'S PENNSYLVANIA, pages 54, 55 from a Tunison's Atlas circa 1886, this map is undated but has 1880 census data. It has the brilliant color characteristic of Henry Tunison maps, though how he obtained it seems to be something of a mystery.
