Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area

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metropolitan area metropolitan statistical area

The Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area is a northeastern Pennsylvania urban region centered around the cities of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, known historically for coal mining and railroads and now a diversified economic and cultural hub.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area canonical 12
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton metropolitan area 3
Scranton 2

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf metropolitan area ⓘ
metropolitan statistical area ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton metropolitan area

Wyoming Valley West region ⓘ
surface form: Wyoming Valley metropolitan area
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
containsAttraction Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour ⓘ
Mohegan Pennsylvania casino ⓘ
Pocono Mountains region, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pocono Mountains region

Steamtown National Historic Site ⓘ
containsBorough Dunmore ⓘ
Kingston ⓘ
Nanticoke ⓘ
containsCity Hazleton, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Hazleton

Pittston ⓘ
containsCollege Marywood University ⓘ
Misericordia University ⓘ
Penn State Scranton ⓘ
Pennsylvania State University ⓘ
surface form: Penn State Wilkes-Barre
containsTownship Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Wilkes-Barre Township
containsUniversity King's College (Wilkes-Barre) ⓘ
surface form: King's College (Pennsylvania)

University of Scranton ⓘ
Wilkes University ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentEconomicSector education ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
logistics ⓘ
retail ⓘ
services ⓘ
governingStatisticalAgency Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
surface form: United States Office of Management and Budget
hasCentralCity Scranton ⓘ
Wilkes-Barre ⓘ
historicalIndustry anthracite coal mining ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
railroads ⓘ
largestCity Scranton ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOf Wyoming Valley ⓘ
river Susquehanna River ⓘ
secondLargestCity Wilkes-Barre ⓘ
servedByAirport Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport ⓘ
sportsTeam Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders ⓘ
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins ⓘ
stateSubdivision Carbon County ⓘ
Columbia County ⓘ
Lackawanna County ⓘ
Luzerne County ⓘ
Monroe County ⓘ
Pike County ⓘ
Wayne County ⓘ
Wyoming County ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
traversedBy Interstate 380 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 476 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 81 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 84 ⓘ
U.S. Route 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States → partOf → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton metropolitan area
Interstate 84 → passesThrough → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
Susquehanna River → passesThrough → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States → partOfMetropolitanArea → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Scranton, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton metropolitan area
Quaker State → refersToStateWithMajorCity → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scranton
Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district → historicallyIncluded → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
Northern Pennsylvania → contains → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scranton
Wyoming Valley West region → partOfMetropolitanArea → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport → servesMetropolitanArea → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilkes-Barre–Scranton metropolitan area
Miners Mills → partOfMetropolitanArea → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
Luzerne County → partOf → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Census Bureau’s Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton metropolitan area
Factoryville, Pennsylvania, United States → hasRegionalAssociation → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Factoryville, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area (broad region)
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area → alsoKnownAs → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton metropolitan area
Larksville, Pennsylvania, United States → partOf → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Larksville, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Greater Wilkes-Barre area
Central Railroad of New Jersey → servedRegion → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre area
South Wilkes-Barre → partOfMetropolitanArea → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem → territoryIncludes → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scranton, Pennsylvania region
Carbondale, Pennsylvania → partOf → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
Carbondale, Pennsylvania → region → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Scranton area
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins → regionServed → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilkes-Barre–Scranton metropolitan area
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders → representsMetropolitanArea → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
Lackawanna River valley → contains → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilkes-Barre–Scranton metropolitan area (part)
Lackawanna River valley → industrialCorridorFor → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scranton urban area
Lackawanna River valley → associatedWith → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan region
Northeastern Pennsylvania → contains → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
eastern Pennsylvania → containsMetropolitanArea → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Pennsylvania
Honesdale, Pennsylvania → partOfMetropolitanArea → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ