Philadelphia
Facts
50 properties- Instance of
- city of Pennsylvania, county seat, home rule municipality of Pennsylvania, consolidated city-county[7][8][9]
- Award received
- Silver Anvil Award, Silver Anvil Award[2]
- Inception
- 1682
- Founder
- William Penn[24]
- Country
- United States[4]
- Official website
- phila.gov, ci.philadelphia.pa.us
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 39.953°, -75.164°
- Capital of
- United States, Philadelphia County
- Short name
- PHL, Philly, Phila.
- Area
- +369.609252, +369.610537
- Authority
- City of Philadelphia
- Coextensive with
- Philadelphia County
- Demographics of topic
- demographics of Philadelphia
- Demonym
- Philadelphian, Filadelfiano, filadelfijczyk, filadelfijka, Philadelphijčan, Philadelphijčanka
- Described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, The American Cyclopædia, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, New International Encyclopedia, The New Student's Reference Work, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyer’s Universum, Erster Band
- Economy of topic
- economy of Philadelphia
- Elevation above sea level
- +12
- Hashtag
- philly
- Head of government
- Jim Kenney, Cherelle Parker[6]
- History of topic
- history of Philadelphia, timeline of Philadelphia
- List of monuments
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia, list of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia
- Local dialing code
- 267, 215
- Located in or next to body of water
- Delaware River[5]
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- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- Philadelphia County[3]
- Located in the statistical territorial entity
- Philadelphia metropolitan area
- Located in/on physical feature
- Philadelphia Region
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject United States, WikiProject Cities
- Named after
- Filadelfia[25]
- Native label
- Philadelphia
- Nickname
- Philly, City of Brotherly Love
- Number of households
- +613125
- Office held by head of government
- mayor of Philadelphia
- Official name
- Philadelphia
- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- P14536
- 345447
- P14541
- 4XvuAE
- P14586
- 78874
- Per capita income
- +29644
- Permanent duplicated item
- Wikidata item
- Population
- 1.6M (29k–1.6M, n=17)
- School district
- Philadelphia Public School District
- Shares border with
- Upper Darby Township, Millbourne, Yeadon, Darby, Colwyn, Darby Township, Folcroft, Tinicum Township, West Deptford Township, National Park, Westville, Gloucester City, Camden, Pennsauken, Palmyra, Riverton, Cinnaminson Township, Delran Township, Delanco Township, Bensalem Township, Lower Southampton Township, Lower Moreland Township, Abington Township, Rockledge, Cheltenham Township, Springfield Township, Whitemarsh Township, Lower Merion Township, Haverford Township[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
- Territory overlaps
- Philadelphia urban area
- Topic has template
- Template:Philadelphia
- Twinned administrative body
- Mosul, Florence, Tel Aviv, Toruń, Tianjin, Incheon, Douala, Nizhny Novgorod, Abruzzo, Aix-en-Provence, Kobe, Salvador, Frankfurt[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]
- Water area
- +22.289408
- Water as percent of area
- +6.0305
- ISNI
- 0000000406162107
- VIAF cluster ID
- 281145911131.7B (141.4M–281145911131.7B, n=3)
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n78095520
- GND ID
- 4103331-0, 1087309980
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Philadelphia skyline 20240528 (cropped).jpg ↗
- All the Tropes article ID
- Philadelphia_(useful_notes)
- AllTrails trail ID
- us/pennsylvania/philadelphia
- ArchINFORM location ID
- 1993
- Armeniapedia ID
- 4121
- Australian War Memorial ID
- PL504762
- BBC News topic ID
- cgv66r8m26rt
- BHCL UUID
- d83f0da8-2bbe-4c44-ac01-25dcb70d48c0
Show all 154 identifiers +142
- BabelNet ID
- 00019334n
- Ballotpedia ID
- Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 11940713z
- Bing entity ID
- 020d4bbf-2971-4236-b87d-c3ec1d7f851c
- British Museum person or institution ID
- 88716
- British Museum place ID
- x29405
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- philadelphia-20
- Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
- 0059K1034
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf10234740
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID
- 11793b
- Comic Vine ID
- 4020-56100
- DPLA subject term
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Data Commons ID
- geoId/4260000
- De Agostini ID
- Filadèlfia+(Pennsylvania)
- DeCS ID
- 27770
- Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts place ID
- PL000000060015
- Domain name
- philadelphia.pa.us, phl.pa.us, pha.pa.us
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID
- fbc2e811-299c-426a-abe7-343806c30793
- Edition humboldt digital ID
- H0008246
- Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID
- 0963
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
- 560870
- Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia ID
- city-of-brotherly-love
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- place/Philadelphia
- Encyclopædia Universalis ID
- philadelphie
- FAST ID
- 1204170
- FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
- 42-60000
- Facebook location ID
- 101881036520836
- FactGrid item ID
- Puzieux
- Fandom wiki ID
- philadelphia
- Freebase ID
- /m/0dclg
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
- 7014406
- GitHub topic
- philadelphia
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online ID
- Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)
- Golden ID
- Philadelphia
- Google Arts & Culture entity ID
- m0dclg
- Google Maps Customer ID
- 9940874672788625601
- Google News topics ID
- CAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNR1JqYkdjU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- filadelfia-4
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0230758
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Philadelphia
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
- 4711867
- Grove Art Online ID
- T066925
- Gynopedia ID
- Philadelphia
- Harper's tag
- philadelphia, philadelphia-pa
- Hiking Project area ID
- 8010110
- House Divided ID
- 9118
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
- 48070
- IDAI.gazetteer ID
- 2092977
- IMDb keyword
- philadelphia-pennsylvania
- INaturalist place ID
- 125337
- IdRef ID
- 027345076
- Instagram location ID
- 214228753
- Interlingual Index ID
- i84648
- Japan Search name ID
- フィラデルフィア
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID
- 12093
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)
- 14273
- Joconde location ID
- T84-4471
- Larousse ID
- ville/wd/137940
- Lex ID
- Philadelphia
- Libraries Australia ID
- 35420589
- LocalWiki ID
- philadelphia
- Mapy.com ID
- osm&id=13218745
- MeSH concept ID
- M0023279
- MeSH descriptor ID
- D015143
- MeSH term ID
- T044239
- MeSH tree code
- Z01.107.567.875.500.550.525, Z01.433.820
- Mindat locality ID
- 24266
- Museum-digital place ID
- 2310
- MusicBrainz area ID
- 0eeb01c2-6e31-46ad-96b8-319749f731d2
- NE.se ID
- philadelphia
- NL CR AUT ID
- ge162618
- NLA Trove people ID
- 946512
- NSK (VIAF) ID
- 000637744
- NSK ID
- 981005687628309366
- National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
- geo/AB2BA9B7-F66E-4355-995B-30D539051BB0
- National Library of Brazil ID
- 000072389
- National Library of Ireland ID
- vtls001135319
- National Library of Israel ID (old)
- 000974030
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007552541305171
- National Library of Lithuania ID
- LNB:V*299456;=BV
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
- XX450981
- National Library of Wales Authority ID
- philadelphia-pa-2
- Natural Atlas ID
- 1919556
- OBO Gazetteer ID
- 00219436
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
- 455520
- Omni topic ID
- 8372bc1c87753401d88c6be4bd19110e884077c9
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3900820
- Open Library ID
- OL115756A
- Open Library subject ID
- place:philadelphia_(pa.), philadelphia_(pa.).
- OpenStreetMap node ID
- 5518033962
- OpenStreetMap relation ID
- 188022
- OpenWeatherMap city ID
- 4560349
- PACTOLS thesaurus ID
- pcrttnzOgGtNS6
- PermID
- 4296467245
- Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
- 33967
- Pinakes city ID
- 455
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID
- 41595
- Quora topic ID
- Philadelphia-PA-2, Philadelphia-Pennsylvania-United-States, City-of-Philadelphia-PA-Municipal-Government, Philadelphia-Pennsylvania-US
- RKD thesaurus ID
- 2102
- Reddit topic ID
- philadelphia
- SBN place ID
- MILL001055
- SNARC ID
- Georg von Hauberrisser
- SNK ID
- 91493
- SVKKL authority ID
- 0239850-Filadelfie-Pensylvanie
- Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID
- 4176
- Slovak National Library (VIAF) ID
- vtls011524788
- Songkick area ID
- 5202
- Songkick venue ID
- 1449508
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
- geografico/1206567
- Subreddit
- philadelphia, manayunk, rhawnhurst
- TV Tropes ID
- UsefulNotes/Philadelphia
- TasteAtlas ID
- philadelphia
- The Guardian topic ID
- us-news/philadelphia
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID
- 74TOAD2KVRH53LBDYY6M2EVF34
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Philadelphia
- Topic's main category
- Category:Philadelphia
- Treccani ID
- filadelfia
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
- filadelfia
- TripAdvisor ID
- 60795
- U.S. National Archives Identifier
- 10045829
- UMLS CUI
- C0031525
- UN/LOCODE
- USPHL
- UVL group ID
- city-philadelphia-pa
- Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
- ADV12283735
- Vatican Library VcBA ID
- 497/29233
- Vikidia article ID
- en:Philadelphia, fr:Philadelphie
- WOEID
- 2471217
- Wellcome Collection concept ID
- cj7ymfgb
- Who's on First ID
- 101718083
- Wikimapia ID
- 2018371
- Wikisimpsons article ID
- 84495
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
- 09158883-n
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJrGtGVd3Pd8KWwFdVqRKd
- X (Twitter) topic ID
- 1254802000165789705
- YSA ID
- Y125456
- YSO ID
- 125456
- Yale LUX ID
- concept/425b1cf2-9e10-4b9a-b583-e77fd0189e25
People born here 2551
People who died here 821
Contained subdivisions 189
← Headquarters location 179
Residents 118
← Work location 118
← Location of formation 92
← Category combines topics 67
← Place of publication 61
← Filming location 56
← Narrative location 53
← Place of burial 46
Located in this place 30
Shares border with 29
← Shares border with 26
Twinned administrative body 13
← Twinned administrative body 13
Named after 9
Owned entities 9
Described by source 6
← Location of creation 6
← Manufacturer 4
← Operating area 4
Located in time zone 3
← Capital 3
← Place served by transport hub 3
Capital of 2
Head of government 2
Instance of 2
← Applies to jurisdiction 2
← Shipping port 2
← Start point 2
Award received 1
Category for films shot at this location 1
Category for people born here 1
Category for people who died here 1
Category of associated people 1
Coextensive with 1
Country 1
Employees / affiliates 1
FactGrid item ID 1
Flag 1
Founder 1
Located in or next to body of water 1
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Located in the statistical territorial entity 1
Member of 1
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Owner of 1
SNARC ID 1
Topic's main category 1
← Category's main topic 1
← Coextensive with 1
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
← Database of Czech Librarians ID 1
← Destination point 1
← Indigenous to 1
← Licensed to broadcast to 1
← Location of first performance 1
← Main subject 1
← Maintained by 1
← Operator 1
← SNARC ID 1
← Via 1
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Summary
Philadelphia is a city of Pennsylvania[1].
Body
Cultural Significance
Things named for Philadelphia include Philadelphia Phillies[51], a baseball team[52], in United States[53], founded in 1883[54]; Philadelphia Experiment[55], an urban legend[56], in United States[57]; Philadelphia International Airport[58], an international airport[59], in United States[60]; Philadelphia County[61], a county of Pennsylvania[62], in United States[63], founded in 1682[64]; Filadelfia[65], a municipality of Paraguay[66], in Paraguay[67], founded in 1931[68]; USS Philadelphia[69], an attack submarine[70]; Northeast Philadelphia Airport[71], an airport[72], in United States[73]; and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation[74].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Philadelphia include Philadelphia Phillies[51], a baseball team[52], in United States[53], founded in 1883[54]; Philadelphia Experiment[55], an urban legend[56], in United States[57]; Philadelphia International Airport[58], an international airport[59], in United States[60]; Philadelphia County[61], a county of Pennsylvania[62], in United States[63], founded in 1682[64]; Filadelfia[65], a municipality of Paraguay[66], in Paraguay[67], founded in 1931[68]; and USS Philadelphia[69], an attack submarine[70].
FAQs
What awards did Philadelphia receive?
Honors received include Silver Anvil Award[2].
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served-tier precision 80.7% [76.2, 84.5] · rated rows currently served n=342 · entailment-gated at 0.85 · measured 2026-09-29 · re-scored every 10 min, demoted at the half-hourly fold
evidence “Supporting Higher Education Opportunities in State Correctional Facilities was held on August 10-11th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.” prnewswire.com · 2026-09-30 · read source
evidence “This year the United States marks both the 250th anniversary of the nation and the 239th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution.In the late 1700s, representatives of the original thirteen colonies gathered in Philadelphia and wrote the documents that set our course:” havasunews.com · read source
evidence “No new opening acts or backing bands have been announced, and it was not known how Sheeran planned to carry out his show at Lincoln Financial Field in the eastern US city of Philadelphia on Saturday night.” newvision.co.ug · read source
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evidence “Kristiansen kept the boat until 1991, at which time he donated it to the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, Pa.” woodenboat.com · 2026-10-06 · read source
evidence “Kristiansen kept the boat until 1991, at which time he donated it to the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, Pa.” woodenboat.com · 2026-10-02 · read source
evidence “Founding fathers of antiquarianism, chemistry, medicine, and race “science” in the United States, from Philadelphia to Virginia, were indebted to such Spaniards, whether they agreed with them or not, and this epiphany led me to research and write the final two chapters of the book.” upress.virginia.edu · read source
evidence “Jack Frutkin (‘29) is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is majoring in economics with a minor in business in the College of Arts and Sciences.” 1077thebounce.com · 2026-09-30 · read source
evidence “(AP) - Damaged communications lines at a key air traffic control facility in Philadelphia had been repaired, allowing airports across the U.S.” wabi.tv:443 · read source