Pennsylvania

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This is the Pennsylvania state category. Pennsylvania's capital city is Harrisburg, and its postal abbreviation is PA. Pennsylvania entered the Union as the 2nd state, on December 12, 1787. It is the 32nd largest state, with an area of 46,058 square miles. Pennsylvania is located in eastern United States, in the Middle Atlantic region. The Swedish and the Dutch settled along the Delaware River in the mid-17th century. By 1664, the English controlled the area; in 1681, William Penn received a charter from King Charles II for what is now Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia, the nation's capital from 1790 to 1800, the Declaration of Independence was signed and the United States Constitution was ratified. The Union victory in July 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, was a turning point in the American Civil War. Small low-lying areas are found in the northwest and southeast, but the state is mostly composed of Appalachian Mountain ridges and rolling hills with narrow valleys. 

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