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There are five levels of courts in Pennsylvania, with two additional municipal or local courts in the state’s largest cities: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania has 67 counties, 959 boroughs, 1546 townships and 56 cities.

According to our survey, the most commonly used terms to define the regions of Pennsylvania are Central Pennsylvania, the Pocono Mountains, Western Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley.

Newbery Award-winning author Jean Craighead George wrote more than one hundred books for children and young adults, including “Julie of the Wolves” and “My Side of the Mountain.”