Nuangola Map
Nuangola is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the northeastern Coal Region. The population was 671 at the 2000 census. Near the borough is a heart-shaped lake called Nuangola Lake.
The name Nuangola probably derives from an Algonquian language spoken by the indigenous American Indians of the area (most likely the Delaware, the region's largest tribe, although some Nanticoke and Shawnee also lived there at the time). According to legend, an American Indian maiden named Nuangola is believed to have drowned in the lake. Another story states that Nuangola is the Indian word for "Three-Cornered Lake" or "Triangular Lake," the latter which was another name for the area prior to it being officially named Nuangola. It has also been proposed that Nuangola means "people of the north."
Nuangola is located at 41°09?26?N 75°58?37?W / 41.157132°N 75.977081°W / 41.157132; -75.977081.
Nearby cities include Trucksville, Plains, Forty Fort, Freeland, Swoyersville.