Northeastern Pennsylvania

Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA or Nepa; sometimes pronounced ) is a region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, and the industrial cities of the Wyoming Valley (Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Hazleton, Nanticoke, and Carbondale). A portion of this region is located in the New York City metropolitan area. Recently, Pennsylvania tourism boards have described Northeastern Pennsylvania as Upstate Pennsylvania.

Unlike most other parts of the Rust Belt, some of the communities are experiencing a modest population increase, and others, including Monroe and Pike counties, rank among the state's fastest growing counties.

Northeastern Pennsylvania borders the Pennsylvania Wilds to the west, the New York StateSouthern Tier and Hudson Valley regions to the north and northeast, Sussex and Warren counties in New Jersey to the east, and the Lehigh Valley to the south.