What is "perkasie"

Population (2000): 8828
Housing Units (2000): 3378
Land area (2000): 2.589670 sq. miles (6.707214 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.012295 sq. miles (0.031843 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.601965 sq. miles (6.739057 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59384
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.371791 N, 75.292966 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 18944
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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