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Also known as Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown, PA

county seat city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States

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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
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
category for people born here
Category:Births in Allentown, Pennsylvania
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Allentown, Pennsylvania
inception
1762-00-00
native label
Allentown
P8168
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water area
1.238424
water as percent of area
2.6529
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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allentown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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