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Lancaster
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city in central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Lancaster is a city in central Pennsylvania that serves as the county seat of Lancaster County. It is historically significant as a center of Pennsylvania Dutch culture and has been an important regional hub for trade, agriculture, and industry since its founding in the 18th century.
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- Official name
- Lancaster
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lancaster County
- Population
- 58039
- Area
- 19.048555
- Elevation
- 112
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Lancaster County
- Founded by
- James Hamilton
- Official website
- buffer.com/p/cityoflancpa
- Image
- Lancaster Pennsylvania downtown.jpg
- Households
- 22055
- Dialing code
- 717
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- different from
- Lancaster Township
- postal code
- 17606
- twinned administrative body
- Beit Shemesh
- Commons category
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1730-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- P8168
- injection
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- water area
- 0.331466
- water as percent of area
- 1.7404
- per capita income
- 24073
- P12749
- Elizabeth von Arnim
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Encyclopedic overview
Lancaster is a city in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 58,039 at the 2020 census, it is the eighth-most populous city in the state. It is a core city within South Central Pennsylvania, with 552,984 residents in the Lancaster metropolitan area.
Settled in the 1720s, Lancaster is one of the oldest inland cities in the US. It served as the capital of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1812. The city's primary industries include healthcare, tourism, public administration, manufacturing, and both professional and semi-professional services. Lancaster is located 59 miles (95 km) southwest of Allentown and 61 miles (98 km) west of Philadelphia and is a hub of Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
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