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Bethlehem

Also known as Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Bethlehem, PA

city in Lehigh and Northampton counties, Pennsylvania, USA

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Bethlehem is a city located in Lehigh and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania. It is a significant industrial and cultural center in the region, historically known for steel manufacturing.

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Official name: Bethlehem
Population: 19343
Area: 50.380265
Elevation: 109
Official website: www.bethlehem-pa.gov
Image: View of Widow's House from church belltower.jpg
Households: 8413
Dialing code: 610

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Commons category: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
inception: 1741-00-00
postal code: 18025
water area: 0.906715
water as percent of area: 1.7997
per capita income: 32492
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Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781, making it the second-largest city in the Lehigh Valley after Allentown and the seventh-largest city in the state. Among its total population as of 2020, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 19,343 were in Lehigh County. The city is located along the Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River.

Bethlehem lies in the geographic center of the Lehigh Valley, a metropolitan region of 731 sq mi (1,890 km) with a population of 861,899 people as of the 2020 census that is Pennsylvania's third-most populous metropolitan area and the 68th-most populated metropolitan area in the U.S. Bethlehem borders Allentown to its west and is 48 miles (77 km) north of Philadelphia and 72 miles (116 km) west of New York City.