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New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
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Location in Lehigh County
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 New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
Location in Pennsylvania
New Tripoli, Pennsylvania
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lehigh |
| Township | Lynn |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.92 sq mi (2.38 km2) |
| • Land | 0.92 sq mi (2.37 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 578 ft (176 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 898 |
| • Density | 980/sq mi (378.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code |
18066
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| Area code(s) | 610 and 484 (610 Exchange: 298) |
| FIPS code | 42-54288 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1182377 |
New Tripoli ( trih-POH-lee) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 898.
New Tripoli is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 69th most populated metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
The name comes from Tripoli in Libya, in commemoration of the fighting in the Barbary Wars. The pronunciation of New Tripoli is with the stress on "PO", as many non-natives make the mistake of stressing the first syllable which will often be corrected by natives.
The New Tripoli ZIP code is 18066 and it is in area code 610, exchange 298.
Education
The village is served by Northwestern Lehigh School District.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 2000 | 654 | — | |
| 2010 | 898 | 37.3% | |
See also
In Spanish: New Tripoli para niños
