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Pennsylvania is the Keystone State with Harrisburg as capitol and Philadelphia as its largest city. It ranks 33rd in area and 3rd in population, excels in metal products machinery food and textiles, and leads pig iron steel hard coal mushrooms cigar leaf tobacco pretzels sausage and potato chips. Hershey hosts the world’s largest chocolate factory. Valley Forge and Gettysburg battlefields are notable historic sites.
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