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is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 23,329 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.0 square miles (15.5 km²), all of it land.
Hazleton is located 12 miles (19 km) north of Tamaqua and 25 miles (40 km) south of Wilkes-Barre. Located on a plateau of Spring Mountain, Hazleton's elevation is about 1700 feet (518 m) above sea level, one of the highest incorporated cities east of the Mississippi River and the highest in Pennsylvania. It straddles the divide between the Delaware and Susquehanna River watersheds.