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Bethlehem Pennsylvania

Bethlehem is a city located in both Lehigh and Northampton Counties in eastern Pennsylvania. The Lehigh Valley region is Pennsylvania's third-largest metropolitan area. Bethlehem is the Lehigh Valley's second most populated city. There are three sections of the city, North Bethlehem, South Bethlehem and West Bethlehem.

 

On Christmas Eve in 1741, Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf of Saxony, Germany, Bethlehem  Pennsylvanaileading a small group of Moravians, founded the city of Bethlehem. Bethlehem became home to the first water works in America to pump water for public usage. In 1937, the Bethlehem adopted the nickname "Christmas City, USA". Now ever winter season visitors come from all over to see the town. The city's Musikfest festival in the summer is a hugh event with more than one million visitors. Bethlehem became a center of heavy industry and trade during the industrial revolution.

 

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