Salunga is an

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and

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(CDP) in West Hempfield and East Hempfield townships in Lancaster County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,695. The community was once part of the Salunga-Landisville CDP, before splitting into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census, the other being Landisville.

Geography

Salunga is in northwestern Lancaster County, in the northeastern part of West Hempfield Township and the western part of East Hempfield Township. It is bordered to the east by Landisville.

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, a four-lane freeway, forms the northeastern edge of the CDP, with access from an interchange with Spooky Nook Road. PA 283 leads southeast to

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, the

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, and northwest to

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, the state capital. According to the

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, the Salunga CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.03%, are water.

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flows past the northwestern side of the community, running southwest to the

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References

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