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Flower: Mountain Laurel
State Flag
Animal: Whitetail deer
33rd largest state
46, 058 square miles in area
Bodies of water:
Allegheny River, Susquehanna River, Delaware River, Ohio River and
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
The Keystone State
Capital: Harrisburg
Geographic feature:
Allegheny Mountains
Population (2010) 12,702,379
1. Philadelphia
2. Pittsburgh
3. Allentown
4. Erie
Falling Water
Attractions
Independence Hall
Lancaster County
Amish Farms
Statehood: December 12, 1787
Eastern Time Zone
Virtue, liberty, and
independence
Tree: Hemlock
Bird: Ruffed Grouse
Project Resources
AGRICULTURE: leading state in the production of milk, beef cattle, and eggs. Crops - mushrooms, corn, hay, soybeans, wheat, sweet corn, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, and cabbage, apples, grapes, peaches, and strawberries.
Processed food industry - beer, bread and cakes, chocolate and cocoa products, cookies and crackers and sausages and prepared meats. Pennsylvania is the leading state in the production of canned mushrooms and a leader in the production of ice-cream, potato chips and pretzels.
MANUFACTURING: Prescription drugs, aspirin, and pharmaceuticals, chemical products such as paint, petrochemicals and synthetic resins
Computer equipment is the state's third most valuable manufacturing activity.
MINING : leading coal-producing state and the only state mining anthracite coal. Limestone, used for cement and roadbeds, and natural gas are other important mined products in the state.
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