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Egypt, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Egypt (Pennsylvania German: Iegypden) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Egypt was 2,588 as of the 2020 census.[3]
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Egypt, Pennsylvania
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![]() Egypt Community Church in September 2020 | |
![]() Location of Egypt in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 40°40′48″N 75°31′48″W | |
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County | Lehigh |
Township | Whitehall Township |
Area | |
• Census-designated place | 1.48 sq mi (3.82 km2) |
• Land | 1.47 sq mi (3.81 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
Elevation | 413 ft (126 m) |
Population | |
• Census-designated place | 2,588 |
• Density | 1,759.35/sq mi (679.15/km2) |
• Metro | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP Code | 18052 |
Area code(s) | 610 |
FIPS code | 42-22696 |
GNIS feature ID | 1174043 |
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Egypt is located about 7 miles (11 km) north of Allentown and is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.