Philadelphia Zoo

The Philadelphia Zoo is a zoo located in the Centennial District of on the west bank of the . It was the first true zoo in the United States; it was chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21, 1859, but its opening was delayed by the Civil War until July 1, 1874.
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  • Type: Zoo
  • Description: zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Philadelphia Zoological Garden”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Philadelphia Museum of Art and Letitia Street House.

Museum
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The is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in . The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at . is situated 1 mile southeast of Philadelphia Zoo.

Historic house
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is a modest eighteenth-century house in West , . It was built along the about 1713, and relocated to its current site in 1883. is situated 1,400 feet north of Philadelphia Zoo.

Garden
The is a sculpture garden located in in , Pennsylvania, United States. The garden, located along the left bank of the between Boathouse Row and the , was established by the Fairmount Park Art Association and dedicated in 1961. is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Philadelphia Zoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belmont District and Mantua.

Neighborhood
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was a district that existed briefly in , United States. The district was created on April 14, 1853 from northern Blockley Township ceased to exist and on February 2, 1854 the district was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.

Neighborhood
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is a in the section of , . It is located north of Spring Garden Street, east of 40th Street, south of Avenue, and west of 31st Street.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, , United States. Its boundaries are north of Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.

Philadelphia Zoo

Latitude
39.97171° or 39° 58′ 18″ north
Longitude
-75.19533° or 75° 11′ 43″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Open location code
87F6XRC3+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 239934148
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­zoo
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
9199862
Wiki­data ID
Q3082266
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Philadelphia Zoo” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Zoo de Filadèlfia”
  • Chinese: “費城動物園”
  • Chinese: “費城動物學會”
  • Chinese: “费城动物园”
  • Dutch: “Philadelphia Zoo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات فيلادلفيا”
  • Esperanto: “Filadelfia Bestoĝardeno”
  • French: “zoo de Philadelphie”
  • French: “Zoo de Philadelphie”
  • German: “Philadelphia Zoo”
  • Indonesian: “Kebun Binatang Philadelphia”
  • Italian: “Zoo di Filadelfia”
  • Japanese: “フィラデルフィア動物園”
  • Navajo: “Beeʼeldíílsánídi naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”
  • Persian: “باغ وحش فیلادلفیا”
  • Persian: “باغ‌وحش فیلادلفیا”
  • Portuguese: “Zoológico da Filadélfia”
  • Spanish: “Zoológico de Filadelfia”

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