Reading
city in and county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Facts
28 propertiesIdentity
- Instance of
- city of Pennsylvania, county seat, home rule municipality of Pennsylvania[6][7]
- Inception
- 1748[23]
- Official website
- www.readingpa.gov[24]
- Native label
- Reading[37]
- Official name
- Reading[35]
Location
- Country
- United States[3]
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 40.342°, -75.926°
- Located in or next to body of water
- Schuylkill River[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- Berks County[2]
Population and size
- Area
- +26.235358, +26.259589
- Elevation above sea level
- +93
More facts +15
- Capital of
- Berks County[34]
- Described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30][31][32][33]
- Head of government
- Eddie Morán[5]
- IPA transcription
- ˈɹɛdɪŋ[25]
- Located in the statistical territorial entity
- Reading metropolitan area
- Number of households
- +30053[36]
- Office held by the head of government
- Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania[29]
- Owner of
- FirstEnergy Stadium[38]
- Per capita income
- +17150
- Territory overlaps
- Reading urban area
- Twinned administrative body
- Reutlingen[10]
- Water area
- +0.661116
- Water as percent of area
- +2.5176
🏷️ Also known as
en Reading, PA
en Reading, Pennsylvania
en Reading
ar ريدينغ
el Ρέντινγκ
es Reading (Pensilvania)
fa ریدینگ
he רדינג
hi रेडिंग
ja リーディング
ja レディング
ko 레딩
ru Рединг
th เรดิง
uk Редінг
zh 雷丁
🔖 Identifiers · 28
- VIAF cluster ID
- 237371180
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n50052571
- GND ID
- 4282071-6
- ArchINFORM location ID
- 6237
- Data Commons ID
- geoId/4263624
- FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
- 42-63624
- FactGrid item ID
- Zygmunt Malanowicz
- Freebase ID
- /m/0zlgm
- GeoNames ID
- 5207728
- Google Maps Customer ID
- 16352189034102987248
Show all 28 identifiers +16
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- reading-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0438233
- J9U entity ID
- 987007557388105171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID
- 12608
- MusicBrainz area ID
- 0276a533-0763-47c7-956e-25e60f8e7537
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3966405
- OpenStreetMap relation ID
- 188481
- Quora topic ID
- Reading-PA, City-Of-Reading-Pennsylvania
- SNARC ID
- Joseph Meyer
- Subreddit
- ReadingPA
- Topic's main category
- Category:Reading, Pennsylvania
- UN/LOCODE
- USRDG
- Who's on First ID
- 101716905
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJgCKdK4F3dGkdbqdrMpT3
- Yale LUX ID
- place/27ff5c1f-68fc-4ef0-b4a9-9c5cfb325c6a
🔗 Connections
People born here 68
People who died here 28
← Headquarters location 10
Described by source 4
← Place of publication 3
Named after 2
Residents 2
← Category combines topics 2
Capital of 1
Category for people who died here 1
Category of associated people 1
Contained subdivisions 1
Country 1
FactGrid item ID 1
Instance of 1
Located in or next to body of water 1
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Located in time zone 1
Named after 1
Official language 1
SNARC ID 1
Topic's main category 1
Twinned administrative body 1
← Capital 1
← Category's main topic 1
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
← Different from 1
← FactGrid item ID 1
← Place served by transport hub 1
← Twinned administrative body 1
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Summary
Reading is a city of Pennsylvania[1].
Body
Physical Characteristics
Areas include 26.235358 km²[39] and 26.259589 km²[40]. Reading sits at an elevation of 93 m[41].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Reading include Reading[42], a city in the United States[43], in United States[44], founded in 1851[45] and Reading Regional Airport[46], an airport[47], in United States[48].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Reading include Reading[42], a city in the United States[43], in United States[44], founded in 1851[45] and Reading Regional Airport[46], an airport[47], in United States[48].