Aqshning shimolisharqiy qismidagi shtat. Sharqda Delaver daryosi bilan, shim gʻarbda Eri koʻli bilan chegaralangan. Maydoni 117,4 ming km². Aholisi 12,3 mln kishi (2002), 69% shaharlarda yashaydi

AQShning shimolisharqiy qismidagi shtat. Sharqda Delaver daryosi bilan, shim.-gʻarbda Eri koʻli bilan chegaralangan. Maydoni 117,4 ming km². Aholisi 12,3 mln. kishi (2002), 69% shaharlarda yashaydi. Maʼmuriy markazi — Harrisberg shahri; yi-rik sanoat shaharlari: Filadelfiya va Pitsburg . Pennsilvaniya — AQShning dastlabki 13 shtatidan biri; bu yerga yevropaliklar 17-asrdan koʻchib kela boshlagan.
Yer yuzasining katta qismini Appalachi togʻlari egallagan, uning shtat hududidagi eng baland joyi 979 m. Jan.sharqida Atlantika boʻyi pasttekisligi bor. Iqlimi sernam, moʻʼta-dil iqlim. Yillik yogʻin 1000 mm. Daryolarida kema qatnaydi. Pennsilvaniya — AQShning iqtisodiy jihatdan eng taraqqiy etgan shtatlaridan. Qora metallurgiya, konchilik sanoatlari rivojlangan. Pennsilvaniya choʻyan va poʻlat eritishda, koks ishlab chiqarishda mamlakatda yetakchi oʻrinda. Toshkoʻmir, antratsit, ozroq miqdorda neft, tabiiy gaz, temir rudasi qazib chiqariladi. Metallurgiya, metallsozlik, mashinasozlik (ayniqsa, kon va yoʻl qurish mashinalari, kemasozlik, re-aktorsozlik, elektrotexnika, radioelektronika), sement, kimyo, neftni qayta ishlash, oyna, toʻqimachilik, tikuvchilik korxonalari bor.

A state in the northern part of the United States. With the Delaware River to the East, shim.- bordered to the West by Lake Erie. The area is 117.4 thousand km2. The population is 12.3 million. people (2002), 69% live in urban areas. The administrative center is the city of Harrisberg; the industrial cities of yi-rik are: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh . Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 states in the United States; Europeans began to settle here from the 17th century.

Much of the Earth's surface is occupied by the Appalachian Mountains, whose highest elevation in the state's territory is 979 m. Jan.to the East is the Atlantic lowlands. The climate is sernam, temperate climate. Annual precipitation is 1000 mm. The rivers are navigable. Pennsylvania is one of the most economically progressive states in the United States. Black metallurgy, mining industries have developed. Pennsylvania is the country's leader in cast iron and steel smelting, and in coke production. Coal, Anthracite, a smaller amount of oil, natural gas, iron ore are extracted. There are metallurgical, metalworking, mechanical engineering (especially mining and road building machines, shipbuilding, re-actuation, electrical engineering, radioelectronics), cement, chemical, oil refining, glazing, textile, tailoring.