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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
( or ) is a city in the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania
and the
county seat
of
Luzerne County
. It is one of the principal cities in the
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
. Located at the center of the
Wyoming Valley
it is second only to the nearby city of
Scranton
. The Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 563,631 as of the
2010 Census
making it the fourth largest metro/statistical area in the state of Pennsylvania. Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding Wyoming Valley are framed by the
Pocono Mountains
to the east, the
Endless Mountains
to the west and the
Lehigh Valley
to the south. The
Susquehanna River
flows through the center of the valley and defines the northwestern border of the city.
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