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Allentown
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county seat city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
Allentown is the main city of Lehigh County in Pennsylvania and serves as its county seat, making it an important administrative and population center for the region. As Pennsylvania's third-largest city, it plays a significant role in the state's economy and development.
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- Named after
- William Allen
- Official name
- Allentown
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lehigh County
- Population
- 125845
- Area
- 46.681566
- Elevation
- 103
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Body of water
- Lehigh River
- Capital of
- Lehigh County
- Shares border with
- Emmaus
- Founded by
- William Allen
- Official website
- www.allentownpa.gov
- Image
- Allentown.jpg
- Households
- 42801
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- owner of
- PPL Center
- twinned administrative body
- Tiberias
- Commons category
- Allentown, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Allentown, Pennsylvania
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Allentown, Pennsylvania
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Allentown, Pennsylvania
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Allentown, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1762-00-00
- motto
- Sic semper tyrannis
- native label
- Allentown
- P8168
- Relapse
- water area
- 1.238424
- water as percent of area
- 2.6529
- P12749
- Klaus Uwe Benneter
- per capita income
- 21144
- postal code
- 18195
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Encyclopedic overview
Allentown is a city in eastern Pennsylvania, United States. The county seat of Lehigh County, it is the third-most populous city in Pennsylvania, with a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census. It is also the most populous city in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the nation as of 2020.
Founded in 1762, Allentown is located on the Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River. It is the largest of three adjacent cities, including Bethlehem and Easton in Lehigh and Northampton counties, in the Lehigh Valley region. Allentown is located 48 miles (77 km) north of Philadelphia and 78 miles (126 km) west of New York City.
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