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Harrisburg is the capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a state of the Unite States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 48,950. The Harrisburg area population was estimated in 2006 at 652,263, making it the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton (The Lehigh Valley). Harrisburg is the county seat of Dauphin County and lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, 105 miles (169 km) west-northwest of Philadelphia.

Trivia about harrisburg

  • Overlooking the Susquehanna River, the Pennsylvania governor's mansion is found in this city
  • You can take a 45-minute cruise on the paddle-wheeler Pride of the Susquehanna in this capital city
  • One of its more unimaginative nicknames is "the capital of the Keystone State"
  • This state capital was once called Louisbourg
  • This Pennsylvania capital was previously called Louisbourg, after Louis XVI
  • Think about it...this city was first settled by John Harris around 1718
  • The Pennsylvania state Capitol dome rises 272 feet above this city
  • In October the capital of Pennsylvania moved permanently from Lancaster to this city
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  • Three Mile Island, the site of a 1979 nuclear accident, lies outside this Pennsylvania capital
  • The dome of the capitol building in this city 100 miles west of Philadelphia is a copy of St. Peter's in Rome
  • No. 100 is this Pennsylvania capital's Patriot-News
  • The Keystone Route serves NYC, Philly & this capital; Three Mile Island's nearby if you're the nuclear plant gawker type

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