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Philadelphia

largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and seat of Philadelphia County
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Summary

Philadelphia is a city of Pennsylvania[1]. Philadelphia ranks in the top 2% of city of pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41,378 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Silver Anvil Award[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Philadelphia County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Delaware River[6]
  • Head of government: Cherelle Parker[7]
  • Instance of: county seat[8], home rule municipality of Pennsylvania[9], consolidated city-county[10]
  • Shares border with: Upper Darby Township[11], Millbourne[12], Yeadon[13], Darby[14], Colwyn[15], Darby Township[16], Folcroft[17], Tinicum Township[18], West Deptford Township[19], National Park[20], Westville[21], Gloucester City[22], Camden[23], Pennsauken[24]
  • Founder: William Penn[25]
  • Named after: Filadelfia[26]
  • Flag: flag of Philadelphia[27]
  • Twinned administrative body: Mosul[28], Florence[29], Tel Aviv[30], Toruń[31], Tianjin[32], Incheon[33], Douala[34], Nizhny Novgorod[35], Abruzzo[36], Aix-en-Provence[37], Kobe[38], Salvador[39], Frankfurt[40]
  • Postal code: 19019[41], 19092[42], 19093[43], 19101[44], 19102[45], 19103[46], 19104[47], 19105[48], 19106[49], 19107[50], 19108[51], 19109[52], 19110[53]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Philadelphia include Philadelphia Phillies[54], a baseball team[55], in United States[56], founded in 1883[57]; Philadelphia Experiment[58], an urban legend[59], in United States[60]; Philadelphia International Airport[61], an international airport[62], in United States[63]; Philadelphia County[64], a county of Pennsylvania[65], in United States[66], founded in 1682[67]; Filadelfia[68], a municipality of Paraguay[69], in Paraguay[70], founded in 1931[71]; Northeast Philadelphia Airport[72], an airport[73], in United States[74]; USS Philadelphia[75], an attack submarine[76]; and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation[77].

Why It Matters

Philadelphia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[78] Philadelphia is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[79]

Entities named for Philadelphia include Philadelphia Phillies[54], a baseball team[55], in United States[56], founded in 1883[57]; Philadelphia Experiment[58], an urban legend[59], in United States[60]; Philadelphia International Airport[61], an international airport[62], in United States[63]; Philadelphia County[64], a county of Pennsylvania[65], in United States[66], founded in 1682[67]; Filadelfia[68], a municipality of Paraguay[69], in Paraguay[70], founded in 1931[71]; and Northeast Philadelphia Airport[72], an airport[73], in United States[74].

FAQs

What awards did Philadelphia receive?

Honors received include Silver Anvil Award[3].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . phila.gov. Retrieved . phila.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

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  2. [78] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [79] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Eastern Time Zone, UTC−05:00, UTC−04:00
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  2. 12w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://phila.gov
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  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4XvuAE
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  6. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['philadelphia', 'philadelphia-pa']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: philadelphia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954776|philadelphia (#289954776)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  7. 17w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Authority → Q140072874
    Legal entity identifier → 549300IVFOPB4AG7UL47
    C-span organization id → 13986
    Littlesis organization id → 128741
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  8. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → philadelphia.pa.us, phl.pa.us
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  9. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and seat of Philadelphia County
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Domain name: philadelphia.pa.us"
  10. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founded by → —
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Philadelphia
    Official website → https://phila.gov
    Capital of → United States, Philadelphia County
    + 60 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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