Regions of Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Dutch language was historically common, and is still spoken today by many Amish people residing in the state.

Northeastern Pennsylvania consists of the following 14 counties: The Poconos, or the Pocono Mountains region, is a mountainous region of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 km2) located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, approximately 30 miles north of Allentown, which is a nationally popular recreational winter destination for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports and (in off-season months) for hiking, kayaking, tubing, and other recreational activities.

The region is home to the largest known deposits of anthracite coal in the world with an estimated a reserve of seven billion tons.

Wyoming Valley is a region of Northeastern Pennsylvania shaped like a crescent and part of the ridge-and-valley or folded Appalachians, which includes the metropolitan areas of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.

At approximately 410 mi (715 km) in length, it is the longest river on the East Coast.