Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes-Barre is a city of 41,000 people in northeastern Pennsylvania, approximately 20 miles southwest of Scranton. The city is named for John Wilkes and Isaac Barre, both of whom were members of the British Parliament who opposed royal rule of the colonies.Photo: Vasiliymeshko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Luzerne County Courthouse
Photo: Phanatic, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Luzerne County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Holy Redeemer High School
Holy Redeemer High School is a high school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton.Kingston Armory
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The Kingston Armory is an historic National Guard armory that is located in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Localities in the Area
Kingston
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Kingston is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Edwardsville
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Edwardsville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Pringle
Pringle is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.Wilkes-Barre
- Type: City with 41,300 residents
- Description: county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Categories: city of Pennsylvania, county seat, home rule municipality of Pennsylvania and locality
- Location: City of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.2465° or 41° 14' 47" northLongitude
-75.8817° or 75° 52' 54" westPopulation
41,300Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)IATA airport code
AVPOpen Location Code
87H664W9+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 158484571OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
5219488Wikidata ID
Q745594Wilkes-Barre Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Arabic: ويلكس بار
- Armenian: Ուիլքս Բարրե
- Asturian: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Asturian: Wilkes-Barre
- Basque: Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania)
- Basque: Wilkes-Barre
- Belarusian: Уілкс-Барэ
- Bengali: উইলকস বারি
- Bislama: Wilkes-Barre
- Catalan: Wilkes-Barre
- Cebuano: Wilkes-Barre
- Chamorro: Wilkes-Barre
- Chechen: Вилкс-Барре
- Chinese: Wilkes-Barre
- Chinese: 威尔克斯-巴里
- Chinese: 威爾克斯-巴里
- Cornish: Wilkes-Barre
- Czech: Wilkes-Barre
- Dagbani: Wilkes-Barre
- Danish: Wilkes-Barre
- Dutch: Wilkes-Barre
- English: Coal City
- English: Dub City
- English: The Diamond City
- English: The W-B
- English: Wilkes-Barre, PA
- English: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- English: Wilkes Barre
- Esperanto: Wilkes-Barre
- Finnish: Wilkes-Barre
- French: Wilkes-Barre
- Galician: Wilkes-Barre
- German: Wilkes-Barre
- Greek: Γουίλκς Μπέαρ
- Gujarati: વિલ્ક્સ-બેરે
- Haitian: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsilvani
- Haitian: Wilkes-Barre
- Hebrew: וילקס-בארה
- Hindi: विल्क्स-बैरे
- Hungarian: Wilkes-Barre
- Indonesian: wilkes-barre
- Irish: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Irish: Wilkes-Barre
- Italian: Wilkes-Barre
- Japanese: ウィルクスバリ
- Japanese: ウィルクス=バール
- Kannada: ವಿಲ್ಕೆಸ್-ಬಾರ್ರೆ
- Kikuyu: Wilkes-Barre
- Korean: 윌크스-바
- Korean: 윌크스-바레
- Korean: 윌크스-배러
- Korean: 윌크스-배리
- Korean: 윌크스바
- Korean: 윌크스 바
- Korean: 윌크스 바레
- Korean: 윌크스바레
- Korean: 윌크스배러
- Korean: 윌크스 배러
- Korean: 윌크스배리
- Korean: 윌크스 배리
- Ladin: Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania)
- Ladin: Wilkes-Barre
- Latvian: Vilksa-Bāra
- Lithuanian: Vilkesberas
- Lithuanian: Vilks Baris
- Malagasy: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Malagasy: Wilkes-Barre
- Malay: Wilkes-Barre
- Marathi: विल्क्स-बेरे
- Min Nan Chinese: Wilkes-Barre
- Norwegian: Wilkes-Barre
- Norwegian Bokmål: Wilkes-Barre
- Panjabi: ਵਿਲਕਸ-ਬਿਅਰ
- Persian: ویلکس-بار، پنسیلوانیا
- Polish: Wilkes-Barre
- Portuguese: Wilkes-Barre
- Romanian: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Romanian: Wilkes-Barre
- Russian: Вилкс-Барре
- Russian: Вилькесбарре
- Russian: Уилкс-Барре
- Samoan: Wilkes-Barre
- Serbian: Вилкс-Бери
- Serbo-Croatian: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Serbo-Croatian: Wilkes-Barre
- Silesian: Wilkes-Barre
- Sinhala: විල්ක්ස්-බර්
- Slovak: Wilkes-Barre
- Slovenian: Wilkes-Barre
- South Azerbaijani: ویلکس-بار، پنسیلوانیا
- Spanish: Wilkes-Barre
- Spanish: Wilkes-Barre (Pensilvania)
- Swahili: Wilkes-Barre
- Swahili: Wilkes barre
- Swedish: Wilkes-Barre
- Swedish: Wilkes Barre
- Tagalog: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Tagalog: Wilkes-Barre
- Tahitian: Wilkes-Barre
- Tamil: வில்க்ஸ்-பர்ரே
- Tatar: Вилкс-Барре
- Telugu: విల్క్స్-బర్రె
- Thai: วิลก์ส-แบร์
- Tumbuka: Wilkes-Barre
- Turkish: Wilkes-Barre, Pensilvanya
- Turkish: Wilkes-Barre
- Ukrainian: Вілкс-Барре
- Urdu: ویلکس-بارر، پنسلوانیا
- Urdu: ویلکیس-باری
- Uzbek: Wilkes-Barre
- Vietnamese: Wilkes-Barre
- Volapük: Wilkes-Barre
- Waray (Philippines): Wilkes-Barre
- Welsh: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Welsh: Wilkes-Barre
- Western Frisian: Wilkes-Barre
- Fort Durkee
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvani
- Wilkes-Barre City
- Wilkesbarre
- विल्क्स-बेयर
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