Reading
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Summary
Reading is a city of Pennsylvania[1]. Reading draws 4,181 Wikipedia views per month (city of pennsylvania category, ranking #8 of 54).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Berks County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Schuylkill River[5]
- Head of government: Eddie Morán[6]
- Instance of: county seat[7], home rule municipality of Pennsylvania[8]
- Official language: English[9]
- Named after: Reading[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Reutlingen[11]
- Postal code: 19601[12], 19602[13], 19603[14], 19604[15], 19605[16], 19606[17], 19607[18], 19608[19], 19609[20], 19610[21], 19611[22], 19612[23]
- Commons category: Reading, Pennsylvania[24]
- Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[25]
- Inception: 1748[26]
- Official website: https://www.readingpa.gov/[27]
- IPA transcription: ˈɹɛdɪŋ[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Reading, Pennsylvania[29]
- Population: 89,893[30], 88,082[31], 95,112[32]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania[33]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[35], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
- Capital of: Berks County[38]
- Official name: Reading[39]
- Category for people born here: Q8069862[40]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Reading, Pennsylvania[41]
- Number of households: 30,053[42]
- Native label: Reading[43], レディング[44]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Reading, Pennsylvania[45]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 26.235358 km²[46] and 26.259589 km²[47]. Reading sits at an elevation of 93 m[48].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Reading include Reading[49], a city in the United States[50], in United States[51], founded in 1851[52] and Reading Regional Airport[53], an airport[54], in United States[55].
Why It Matters
Reading has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Reading is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Reading include Reading[49], a city in the United States[50], in United States[51], founded in 1851[52] and Reading Regional Airport[53], an airport[54], in United States[55].