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Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Allenschteddel, Allenschtadt, or Ellsdaun) is the county seat of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. [9] It is the third-most populous city in Pennsylvania with a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census and the most populous city in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area ...
The Lehigh Valley (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ /) is a geographic and metropolitan region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh and Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania.It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bounded to its north by Blue Mountain, to its south by South Mountain, to its west by Lebanon Valley, and to its east by the Delaware River and Warren County, New Jersey. [1]
Climate data for Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh Valley International Airport) 1991-2020 normals (Records x-2021) ... PA 29; PA 100; PA 143; PA 145; PA 222; PA 309 ...
Downtown Allentown is the city’s central business district. It is home to PPL Corporation and various city, county, and federal government centers. While downtown is no longer considered the premier regional shopping destination of the Lehigh Valley, dozens of small businesses and several prominent restaurants and nightclubs. [2]
The Lehigh Valley is named for the Lehigh River, which flows through it. The region includes Allentown, the third-most populous city in Pennsylvania, the neighboring eastern Pennsylvania cities of Bethlehem and Easton, and its more rural suburbs. The region was once a hub for American heavy manufacturing.
Allentown, the largest city in the Lehigh Valley, third-largest city in Pennsylvania, and county seat of Lehigh County, in May 2010. The following is a list of notable people who were born, or lived a significant portion of their lives, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
The global headquarters of Air Products, an $8.8 billion S&P 500 company headquartered outside Allentown in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, March 2014 The corporate headquarters of PPL Corporation, a $7.6 billion S&P 500 company in Center City Allentown, January 2007 Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem was the second largest steel manufacturer in the United States and one of the Lehigh Valley's largest ...
Center City's tallest building is the PPL Building at 322 ft (98 m). The Allentown Art Museum, Miller Symphony Hall, the former site of Hess's Department Stores' original and flagship store, Baum School of Art, Lehigh County Historical Society and Heritage Museum are Center City landmarks.