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Pennsylvania

state of the United States of America
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Summary

Pennsylvania is an U.S. state[1]. Pennsylvania draws 55,304 Wikipedia views per month (u s state category, ranking #6 of 49).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Josh Shapiro[5]
  • Continent: North America[6]
  • Capital: Harrisburg[7]
  • Shares border with: New York[8], New Jersey[9], Delaware[10], Maryland[11], West Virginia[12], Ohio[13], Ontario[14]
  • Anthem: Pennsylvania[15]
  • Named after: William Penn[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Lebanon County[17], Crawford County[18], Lycoming County[19], Butler County[20], Schuylkill County[21], Northampton County[22], Cambria County[23], Fayette County[24], Allegheny County[25], Mercer County[26], Chester County[27], Beaver County[28], Lackawanna County[29], Erie County[30]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Pennsylvania include USS Pennsylvania[31], a dreadnought[32]; Pennsylvanian[33], a subperiod[34]; Pennsylvania Avenue[35], an avenue[36], in United States[37]; Keystone Service[38], a train service[39], in United States[40], founded in 1972[41]; Pen Mar[42]; Keystone Canyon[43]; and Keystone Township[44].

Why It Matters

Pennsylvania has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Pennsylvania is known by 104 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for Pennsylvania include USS Pennsylvania[31], a dreadnought[32]; Pennsylvanian[33], a subperiod[34]; Pennsylvania Avenue[35], an avenue[36], in United States[37]; and Keystone Service[38], a train service[39], in United States[40], founded in 1972[41].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Pennsylvania
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Pennsylvania"
  2. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 12007
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 12007, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483182|PENNSYLVANIA (#167483182)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encycloped"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2X5C5a
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Invasive species compendium datasheet id → 108833
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Invasive species compendium datasheet id: 108833, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/58736755|Pennsylvania (#58736755)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1698|"
  5. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 78854
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 78854, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  6. 16w ago · Sajak Géomédia · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.pa.gov
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official website: http://www.state.pa.us"
  7. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['pa', 'pennsylvania']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: pa, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951302|pa (#289951302)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  8. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Littlesis organization id → 95358
    Member of → Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
    C-span organization id → 17192
    Domain name → pa.gov, pennsylvania.gov, pa.us
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0247772-Pensylvanie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  9. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.pa.gov
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: https://www.pa.gov"
  10. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Commonwealth of Pennsylvania'}
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Native label: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Moving to Government of Pennsylvania"
  11. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Pennsylvania
    Official website → https://www.pa.gov
    Category for people buried here → Category:Burials in Pennsylvania
    History of topic → history of Pennsylvania
    + 76 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 125455, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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