Salunga is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in West Hempfield and East Hempfield townships in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,695. which in turn is derived from the Lenape "Chiquesalunga", meaning "place of the crayfish".
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. Pennsylvania Route 283, 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 Lancaster, the county seat, and northwest to Harrisburg, the state capital.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Salunga CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.03%, are water.