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  • Reading is located at 40°20'30" North, 75°55'35" West (40.341692, -75.926301). This is in the southeast of Pennsylvania, roughly 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Philadelphia. The city is traditionally bounded on the west by the Schuylkill River, on the east by Mount Penn, and on the south by Neversink Mountain. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.1 square miles (26.1 square kilometerkm sq)— 9.8 square miles (25.4 km sq) of it is land and 0.2 mi sq (0.6 km sq) of it is water. The total area is 2.39% water. Reading has a number of named neighborhoods, including *Center City/Downtown: vicinity of 5th and Penn Streets *Penn's Common Historic District: vicinity of 10th and Penn Streets *College Heights: Oak Lane to 11th Street, Marion Street to the City Line Street (which straddles the Muhlenberg Township, PAMuhlenberg Township line) *Southeast: Bingaman/Chestnut Streets to South Street, railroad tracks (Traditionally known as 7th Street) to 13th Street *Outlet Area: 8th to 12th Streets, Spring to Oley Streets *Centre Park Historic District, along Centre Avenue (Also known as Route 61) *Glenside, Schuylkill Avenue (Also known as Route 183), from the Schuylkill Avenue Bridge to the Bern Township, PABern Township Line, from Carpenter Technologies and the Glenside Homes housing development to Stonecliff Park *North Riverside, from the old Dana Yards to the Goggleworks *Millmont, Southwest section of the city bounded by the Schuylkill River to the east, the Cumru Township, PACumru Township line to the south and west, and Lancaster Avenue to the North *Oakbrook, formerly the designation given to the Oakbrook Homes housing development, it now describes the Southwest section of the city bounded to the east by the Schuylkill River, to the north by West Reading, PAWest Reading and Wyomissing, PAWyomissing Boroughs, to the west by Cumru Township, PACumru Township and Wyomissing, PAWyomissing Borough, and to the South by Lancaster Avenue Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading%2C_Pennsylvania

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