Pennsylvania

state of the United States of America
Place u_s_state Q1400
Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania

Summary

Pennsylvania is an U.S. state[1]. Pennsylvania has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Pennsylvania is located in United States[3].
  • Pennsylvania is in the country of United States[4].
  • Pennsylvania's head of government is recorded as Josh Shapiro[5].
  • Pennsylvania is on the continent of North America[6].
  • Pennsylvania's instance of is recorded as U.S. state[7].
  • Pennsylvania's capital is recorded as Harrisburg[8].
  • Pennsylvania's shares border with is recorded as New York[9].
  • Pennsylvania's shares border with is recorded as New Jersey[10].
  • Pennsylvania's shares border with is recorded as Delaware[11].
  • Pennsylvania's shares border with is recorded as Maryland[12].
  • Pennsylvania's shares border with is recorded as West Virginia[13].
  • Pennsylvania's shares border with is recorded as Ohio[14].
  • Pennsylvania's shares border with is recorded as Ontario[15].
  • Pennsylvania's anthem is recorded as Pennsylvania[16].
  • William Penn is named after Pennsylvania[17].
  • Pennsylvania's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Lebanon County[18].
  • Pennsylvania's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Crawford County[19].
  • Pennsylvania's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Lycoming County[20].
  • Pennsylvania's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Butler County[21].
  • Pennsylvania's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Schuylkill County[22].
  • Pennsylvania's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Northampton County[23].
  • Pennsylvania's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Cambria County[24].
  • Pennsylvania's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Fayette County[25].
  • Pennsylvania's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Allegheny County[26].
  • Pennsylvania's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Mercer County[27].

Body

Geography

Pennsylvania is in the country of United States[4]. Pennsylvania is located in United States[3]. Pennsylvania is on the continent of North America[6].

Designation and Status

Pennsylvania's instance of is recorded as U.S. state[7].

History and Context

William Penn is named after Pennsylvania[17].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Pennsylvania include Pennsylvanian[28], a subperiod[29]; Keystone Service[30], a train service[31], in United States[32], founded in 1972[33]; Pennsylvania Avenue[34], a street[35], in United States[36]; USS Pennsylvania[37], a ship of the line[38]; Keystone Township[39], a township of Minnesota[40], in United States[41]; Keystone Canyon[42], a canyon[43], in United States[44]; and Pen Mar[45].

Why It Matters

Pennsylvania has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Pennsylvania is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for Pennsylvania include Pennsylvanian[28], a subperiod[29]; Keystone Service[30], a train service[31], in United States[32], founded in 1972[33]; Pennsylvania Avenue[34], a street[35], in United States[36]; USS Pennsylvania[37], a ship of the line[38]; Keystone Township[39], a township of Minnesota[40], in United States[41]; and Keystone Canyon[42], a canyon[43], in United States[44].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: 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. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [45] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [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. 1d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Invasive species compendium datasheet id 108833
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P5698]]: 108833, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/58736755|Pennsylvania (#58736755)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1698|Invasive Species Compe"
  2. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 78854
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 78854, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  3. 13d ago · Sajak Géomédia · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://www.pa.gov
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: http://www.state.pa.us"
  4. 20d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag ['pa', 'pennsylvania']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: pa, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951302|pa (#289951302)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  5. 25d 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| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0247772-Pensylvanie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  6. 4w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://www.pa.gov
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.pa.gov"
  7. 4w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Commonwealth of Pennsylvania'}
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1705]]: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Moving to [[Q5589288]]"
  8. 6w 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 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 125455, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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