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‘Allentown’ is a city that is situated in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States and it is the third most populous city of Pennsylvania. The town was earlier incorporated as a “BOROUGH,” on March 18 in the year 1811.

William Allen laid the foundation of Northampton town (which is now called as Allen town) in the year 1762. Lehigh Country was formed from the western half of Northampton Country in the year 1812. As a result, Northampton Town was selected as the county seat.

The town was officially given the name of “Allentown” in the year 1838. It was formally incorporated as a city on March 12, 1867

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 46.5 km² (18.0 mi²). 45.9km² (17.7mi²) of it is land and 0.6km² (0.2mi²) of it is water. Bodies of water include the Jordan Creek and its tributary, the Little Lehigh Creek, which join within the city limits and empty into the Lehigh River. Other bodies of water within the city limits include Muhlenberg Lake in Cedar Creek Parkway and a pond in Trexler Park.

According to the census that was held in the year 2000, “there were 106,632 people and 25,135 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,320.8/km² (6,011.5/mi²). There were 45,960 housing units at an average density of 1,000.3/km² (2,591.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 72.55% White, 7.85% African American, 0.33% Native American, 2.27% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 13.37% from other races, and 3.55% from two or more races. 24.44% of the population was Hispanic or Latino.

There were 42,032 households in the city, of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18, 39.4% had married couples living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.2% had non-families. 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The city's average household size is 2.42 and the average family size was 3.09.”

Coca-Cola Park, Bicentennial Park and J. Birney Crum Stadium are some of the famous arenas of the city.

Philadelphia Force and Pennsylvania Stoners are the most famous sports clubs of the city.