Pennsylvanie

Pennsylvanie (Inglis: Pennsylvania; Pennsylvanie German: Pennsilfaani) is a state in the Unitit States o Americae. It is bund bi sax states (New Jersey an Delaware tae the east, New York tae the north, Maryland an Wast Virginie tae the sooth, an Ohio tae the wast) an bi Canadae at Loch Erie.

Pennsylvanie
State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Province o Pennsylvanie
Admittit tae the Union	12 Dizember 1787 (2nt)
Lairgest ceety	Philadelphia
Lairgest metro	Delaware Valley
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Tom Wolf (D)
• Lieutenant Governor	Mike Stack (D)
Legislatur	General Assembly
• Upper hoose	State Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators	Bob Casey, Jr. (D) Pat Toomey (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	13 Republicans, 5 Democrats (leet)
Population
• Total	12,802,503 (2,015 est)[1]
• Density	110/km2 (284/sq mi)
• Median hooseaud income	$60389[2]
• Income rank	26t
Leid
• Offeecial leid	Nane (Inglis, de facto)
• Spoken leid	Inglis 90.1% Spainyie 4.1% Ither 5.8%[3]
Trad. abbreviation	Pa. or Penna.
Latitude	39° 43′ to 42° 16′ N
Longitude	74° 41′ to 80° 31′ W

Pennsylvanie state seembols
The Banner o Pennsylvanie
The Seal o Pennsylvanie
Ainimal an Plant insignia
Bird(s)	Ruffed grouse
Dug breed	Great Dane
Fish	Brook trout
Flouer(s)	Mountain laurel
Insect	Firefly
Mammal(s)	White-tailed deer
Tree	Eastern hemlock
Inanimate insignia
Beverage	Milk
Dance	Polka
Fossil	Trilobite
Sile	Hazleton
Sang(s)	"Pennsylvanie"
Route merker(s)
State Quarter
Released in 1999
Leets o Unitit States state seembols

The state is ane o the 13 oreeginal foondin states o the Unitit States; it cam intae bein in 1681 as a result o a ryal laund grant tae William Penn, the son o the state's namesak. Pairt o Pennsylvanie (alang the Delaware River), thegither wi the present State o Delaware, haed earlier been organised as the Colony o New Swaden. It wis the seicont state tae ratifee the Unitit States Constitution, on 12 December 1787. Independence Hall, whaur the Unitit States Declaration o Unthirldom an Unitit States Constitution war drauchtit, is locatit in the state's lairgest ceety o Philadelphia. In the American Ceevil War, the Battle o Gettysburg wis focht in the sooth central region o the state. Valley Forge near Philadelphia wis General Washington's heidquarters in the bitter winter o 1777–78.