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Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia
Frae top left, the Philadelphia skyline, a statue of Benjamin Franklin, the Liberty Bell, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia City Hall, an Independence Hall
Banner o Philadelphia
Banner
Official seal of Philadelphia
Seal
Eik-name(s): 
"Philly", "City of Brotherly Love", "The City that Loves you Back", "Cradle of Liberty", "The Quaker City", "The Birthplace of America", "The City of Neighborhoods"
Motto(s): 
"Philadelphia maneto" ("Let brotherly love endure")
Location of Philadelphia
Philadelphia is located in the Unitit States
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 39°57′N 75°10′W / 39.950°N 75.167°W / 39.950; -75.167Coordinates: 39°57′N 75°10′W / 39.950°N 75.167°W / 39.950; -75.167
KintraUnitit States
CommonwealthPennsylvanie
Historic ColonyProvince o Pennsylvanie
CoontyPhiladelphia
FoonditOctober 27, 1682
IncorporatitOctober 25, 1701
Govrenment
 • TeepMayor–Cooncil
 • BodiPhiladelphia City Council
 • MayorMichael Nutter (D)
Area
 • Consolidatit ceety-coonty367 km2 (141.6 sq mi)
 • Laund347.3 km2 (134.1[1] sq mi)
 • Water19.4 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
 • Urban
4660.5 km2 (1799.5 sq mi)
 • Metro
11988.6 km2 (4629 sq mi)
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 • Consolidatit ceety-coonty1,553,165
 • RankUS: 5t
 • Density4,393.8/km2 (11,379.6/sq mi)
 • Urban
5,441,567 (US: 5t)
 • Metro
6,034,678 (US: 6t)
 • CSA
7146706 (US: 8th)
 • Demonym
Philadelphian
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
191xx
Area code(s)215, 267
Websitewww.phila.gov

Philadelphia (pronounced /ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə/ (deprecatit template)) is the lairgest ceety in Pennsylvanie, saxt-maist-populous ceety in the Unitit States an the fifty-first maist populous ceety in the warld.[3]

In 2008, the population o the ceety proper wis estimatit tae be mair nor 1.54 million,[4] whiles the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan aurie's population o 5.8 million makkit it the kintra's fift lairgest. The ceety, that lies aboot 80 mile (130 km) soothwast o New York Ceety,[5] is the naition's fowert-lairgest urban aurie bi population an its fowert-lairgest consumer media mercat, as ranked bi the Nielsen Media Research.

It is the coonty seat o Philadelphia Coonty, wi whilk it is coterminous. Popular eiknames for Philadelphia include Philly an The Ceety o Britherly Luve, frae the literal meanin o the ceety's name in Greek (Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια ([pʰilaˈdelpʰeːa], Modren Greek: [filaˈðelfia]) "britherly luve", compundit frae philos (φίλος) "luve", an adelphos (ἀδελφός) "brither").

A commercial, eddicational, an cultural centre, Philadelphia wis ance the seicont-lairgest ceety in the Breetish Empire[6] (after Lunnon), an the social an geographical centre o the oreeginal 13 American colonies. It wis a centrepiece o early American history, host tae mony o the ideas an actions that gied birth tae the American Revolution an independence. It wis the maist populous ceety o the young Unitit States, although bi the first census in 1790, New York Ceety haed owertaen it. Philadelphia served as ane o the naition's mony caipitals durin the Revolutionary War an efter. Efter the ratification o the U.S. Constitution, the ceety served as the temporary naitional caipital frae 1790 tae 1800 whiles Washington, D.C. wis unner construction.

Philadelphia is central tae African American history; its lairge black population predates the Great Migration.

Sister ceeties

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Philadelphia haes ten sister ceeties, as designatit bi the International Visitors Council of Philadelphia (IVC) Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine:[7]

References

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  1. Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.
  2. "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 Juin 2014.
  3. [1] Retrieved on September 20, 2010.
  4. philly.com Retrieved on December 18, 2009.
  5. "Distance between New York City (The Bronx,New York) and Philadelphia (Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania) (US)". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  6. "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania". People and Places. National Geographic. Archived frae the original on 11 Juin 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
  7. "Department of Commerce". Phila.gov. Retrieved 11 Apryle 2009.