Capital: Harrisburg.
Largest city: Philadelphia (approximately 1.6 million inhabitants).
Second largest city: Pittsburgh.
Geography: The state has a varied landscape: the Appalachian Mountains in the center and east, plains in the southeast, and a small stretch of coastline on Lake Erie in the northwest.
Important rivers are the Delaware and Susquehanna.
It borders New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio.
Economy and culture: Pennsylvania was formerly an industrial powerhouse (steel in Pittsburgh, coal, oil).
Today, the economy is diverse: healthcare, education, finance, technology, and agriculture (especially milk and mushrooms).
Famous symbols: the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, cheesesteaks, Amish communities in Lancaster County and the Hershey chocolate factory.
In short: Pennsylvania is a historic, industrial, and culturally rich state that forms a bridge between the East Coast and the Midwest of America.
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