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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, routinely referred to as Philly, is the birthplace of American democracy. In Independence Hall and in taverns and other locations around the city, the nation's founders planned and launched the American Revolution, which gave birth to the nation.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Philadelphia International Airport and Old City.

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, ☏ +1-800-PHL-GATE is the main airport serving Philadelphia, and the surrounding . It is the largest commercial airport in the state of .

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Philadelphia's is home to many historical sites, galleries, restaurants, and bars. It is known for its active nightlife and cultural opportunities.

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West Philly is a mostly residential section of Philadelphia west of the Schuylkill River, which represented the western boundary of William Penn's original plan for the colonial city.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Center City West and North Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia's is the downtown area west of City Hall. It contains downtown's upscale shopping district, the financial district, and the museum district along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, culminating in the Philadelphia Art Museum and Fairmount Park.

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is a large area north of Philadelphia's Center City that includes many neighborhoods such as Northern Liberties, Kensington, Fishtown, Fairmount, the Spring Gardens, Templetown, Nicetown, and Tioga.

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Philadelphia's Northwest district is a huge area north of Lehigh Ave and west of Front St. This isn't the most visited part of town, but nonetheless there are plenty of interesting neighborhoods to explore.

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South Philly is a district of Philadelphia. Famous for its Italian heritage and for being featured in the 1970s movie Rocky, South Philly is home to FDR Park and most of Philadelphia's major professional sports teams.

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City Center East is the most dense section of Philadelphia, home to City Hall, the Convention Center, Chinatown, Washington Square West, and Gayborhood.

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is a more residential area of the city, although it is home to burgeoning Russian, Brazilian, and Indian communities and restaurants.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Independence Hall and Liberty Bell.

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is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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The , previously called the State House Bell or Old State House Bell, is an iconic symbol of American independence located in Philadelphia.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camden and Fishtown.

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is a city in , , across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. is a former industrial boom-town that has fallen onto hard times.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, , United States. Located northeast of , its borders are somewhat disputed today due to many factors, but are roughly defined by the triangle created by the , Front Street, and York Street.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in , , United States. Its boundaries are difficult to ascertain; the City of Philadelphia states it is along Street, west of Pennsport, and east of Point Breeze.

Philadelphia

Latitude
39.9527° or 39° 57′ 10″ north
Longitude
-75.1635° or 75° 9′ 49″ west
Population
1,600,000
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Abbreviation
“Phila”
IATA airport code
PHL
United Nations Location Code
US PHL
Open location code
87F6XR3P+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5518033962
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4560349
Wiki­data ID
Q1345
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Philadelphia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Philadelphia”
  • Albanian: “Filadelfia”
  • Amharic: “ፊላዴልፊያ”
  • Arabic: “فيلادلفيا (بنسيلفانيا)”
  • Arabic: “فيلادلفيا، بنسيلفانيا”
  • Arabic: “فيلادلفيا”
  • Arabic: “فيلادليفا”
  • Arabic: “فيلاديلفيا، بينسلفانيا”
  • Arabic: “فيلاديلفيا”
  • Aragonese: “Filadelfia”
  • Aragonese: “Philadelphia”
  • Armenian: “Ֆիլադելֆիա”
  • Arpitan: “Philadelphia”
  • Asturian: “Filadelfia”
  • Asturian: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Asturian: “Philadelphia”
  • Asturian: “Philly”
  • Aymara: “Philadelphia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Filadelfiya”
  • Balinese: “Philadelphia”
  • Bambara: “Philadelphie”
  • Bashkir: “Филадельфия”
  • Basque: “Filadelfia”
  • Bavarian: “Philadelphia”
  • Belarusian: “Філадэлфія”
  • Belarusian: “Філадэльфія”
  • Bengali: “ফিলাডেলফিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফিলাডেলফিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Philadelphia”
  • Breton: “Philadelphia”
  • Bulgarian: “Филаделфия”
  • Burmese: “ဖီလာဒဲလ်ဖီးယားမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Filadèlfia”
  • Cebuano: “Philadelphia”
  • Central Bikol: “Philadelphia”
  • Central Kurdish: “فیلادێلفیا”
  • Chamorro: “Philadelphia”
  • Chavacano: “Philadelphia”
  • Chechen: “Филадельфи”
  • Chinese: “Philadelphia”
  • Chinese: “菲利”
  • Chinese: “費城”
  • Chinese: “費拉德爾菲亞”
  • Chinese: “费城/費城”
  • Chinese: “费城”
  • Chuvash: “Филадельфи”
  • Cornish: “Philadelphia”
  • Corsican: “Filadelfia”
  • Corsican: “Philadelphia”
  • Croatian: “Philadelphia”
  • Czech: “Filadelfie”
  • Czech: “Philadelphia”
  • Danish: “Philadelphia”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Filadelfiya”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Philadelphia”
  • Dutch: “Philadelphia”
  • Eastern Mari: “Филадельфий”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيلادلفيا”
  • Esperanto: “Filadelfio”
  • Esperanto: “Lulilo de Libero”
  • Esperanto: “Urbo de Frata Amo”
  • Estonian: “Philadelphia”
  • Ewe: “Philadelphia”
  • Faroese: “Philadelphia”
  • Fijian: “Philadelphia”
  • Finnish: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Finnish: “Philadelphia”
  • French: “Philadelphie”
  • Galician: “Filadelfia”
  • Galician: “Philadelphia”
  • Gan Chinese: “費城”
  • Georgian: “ფილადელფია”
  • German: “Philadelphia”
  • Gilaki: “فيلادلفيا (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “فيلادلفيا”
  • Gothic: “𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍆𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Πόλη της Αδελφικής Αγάπης”
  • Greek: “Φιλαδέλφεια, Πενσυλβάνια”
  • Greek: “Φιλαδέλφεια”
  • Greek: “Φίλλυ”
  • Guarani: “Filadelfia”
  • Gujarati: “ફિલાડેલ્ફિયા, પેન્સિલવેનિયા”
  • Gujarati: “ફિલાડેલ્ફિયા”
  • Haitian: “Philadelphia, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Philadelphia”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Fi-sàng”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Philadelphia”
  • Hausa: “Philadelphia”
  • Hawaiian: “Philadelphia”
  • Hebrew: “פילדלפיה, פנסילבניה”
  • Hebrew: “פילדלפיה”
  • Hindi: “फिलाडेल्फिया”
  • Hindi: “फ़िलाडेल्फ़िया”
  • Hungarian: “Philadelphia”
  • Icelandic: “Philadelphia”
  • Ido: “Philadelphia”
  • Iloko: “Philadelphia”
  • Inari Sami: “Philadelphia”
  • Indonesian: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Indonesian: “Philadelphia”
  • Interlingua: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Interlingua: “Philadelphia”
  • Interlingue: “Philadelphia”
  • Irish: “Filideilfia, Pennsylvania”
  • Irish: “Philadelphia”
  • Italian: “Filadelfia”
  • Japanese: “クレードル・オヴ・リバティー”
  • Japanese: “クレードル・オブ・リバティー”
  • Japanese: “クレイドル・オヴ・リバティー”
  • Japanese: “クレイドル・オブ・リバティー”
  • Japanese: “シティ・オヴ・ブラザリー・ラヴ”
  • Japanese: “シティ・オブ・ブラザリー・ラブ”
  • Japanese: “フィラデルフィア”
  • Japanese: “フィリー”
  • Japanese: “兄弟愛の市”
  • Japanese: “自由のゆりかご”
  • Japanese: “自由の揺りかご”
  • Japanese: “自由の揺り籠”
  • Javanese: “Philadelphia”
  • Kabyle: “Philadelphia”
  • Kannada: “ಫಿಲಡೆಲ್ಫಿಯ”
  • Kannada: “ಫಿಲಡೆಲ್ಫಿಯಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Филадельфия қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Филадельфия”
  • Khmer: “ភីឡាដេលផ្យា”
  • Kikuyu: “Philadelphia”
  • Kirghiz: “Филадельфия”
  • Korean: “필라델피아”
  • Kurdish: “Fîladelfiya”
  • Ladin: “Philadelphia”
  • Ladino: “Filadelfia”
  • Latin: “Philadelphia”
  • Latvian: “Filadelfija”
  • Ligurian: “Philadelphia”
  • Limburgan: “Philadelphia”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Philadelphia”
  • Lithuanian: “Filadelfija”
  • Lombard: “Philadelphia”
  • Low German: “Philadelphia”
  • Luxembourgish: “Philadelphia”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Philadelphia”
  • Macedonian: “Филаделфија”
  • Malagasy: “Philadelphia”
  • Malay: “Philadelphia”
  • Malayalam: “ഫിലഡെൽഫിയ”
  • Maltese: “Philadelphia”
  • Maori: “Philadelphia”
  • Maori: “Whiratarawhia”
  • Marathi: “फिलाडेल्फिया”
  • Mazanderani: “فیلادلفیا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Philadelphia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Philadelphia”
  • Mingrelian: “ფილადელფია”
  • Mirandese: “Filadélfia”
  • Moksha: “Филадэлфия”
  • Mongolian: “Филадельфи”
  • Mongolian: “Филадельфия”
  • Navajo: “Beeʼeldíílsání”
  • Nepali: “फिलाडेल्फिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “Philadelphia”
  • Northern Luri: “فیلادلفیا”
  • Northern Sami: “Philadelphia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Philadelphia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Philadelphia”
  • Norwegian: “Philadelphia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Filadèlfia”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Broþlufburh”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Broþorlufeburh”
  • Ossetian: “Филадельфи”
  • Pampanga: “Philadelphia”
  • Panjabi: “ਫਿਲਾਡੇਲਫਿਆ”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ਿਲਾਡੈਲਫ਼ੀਆ”
  • Papiamento: “Filadelfia”
  • Papiamento: “Philadelphia”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Filadelfi, Pennsilfaani”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Filadelfi”
  • Persian: “فیلادلفیا، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Persian: “فیلادلفیا”
  • Piemontese: “Filadelfia”
  • Polish: “Filadelfia”
  • Portuguese: “Filadélfia”
  • Portuguese: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Portuguese: “Philadelphia”
  • Portuguese: “Philly”
  • Pushto: “پيلادېلپيا”
  • Quechua: “Philadelphia”
  • Romanian: “City of Brotherly Love”
  • Romanian: “Cradle of Liberty”
  • Romanian: “Philadelphia”
  • Romanian: “Philly”
  • Russian: “Филадельфия”
  • Rusyn: “Филаделфия”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱷᱤᱞᱟᱰᱮᱞᱯᱷᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Filadelfia”
  • Sassarese Sardinian: “Filadelfia”
  • Sassarese Sardinian: “Filadèlfia”
  • Sassarese Sardinian: “Philadelphia”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Philadelphia”
  • Scots: “Philadelphia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Philadelphia”
  • Serbian: “Филаделфија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Philadelphia”
  • Silesian: “Filadelfijo”
  • Sindhi: “فلاڊيلفيا”
  • Sinhala: “ෆිලඩෙල්ෆියා”
  • Sinhala: “ෆිලඩෙල්ෆියාව”
  • Skolt Sami: “Philadelphia”
  • Slovak: “Philadelphia”
  • Slovenian: “Filadelfija*”
  • Slovenian: “Filadelfija”
  • Slovenian: “Mesto bratske ljubezni”
  • Slovenian: “Philadelphia, Pensilvanija”
  • Slovenian: “Philadelphia”
  • Slovenian: “Philly”
  • Slovenian: “Zibelka svobode”
  • Somali: “Philadelphia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فیلادلفیا”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Filadelfia”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad del Amor Fraternal”
  • Spanish: “Cuna de la Libertad”
  • Spanish: “Filadelfia (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “Filadelfia”
  • Spanish: “Philly”
  • Sundanese: “Philadelphia”
  • Swahili: “Philadelphia”
  • Swedish: “Filadelfia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Filadelfia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanien”
  • Swedish: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvanien”
  • Swedish: “Philadelphia”
  • Swiss German: “Philadelphia”
  • Tagalog: “Philadelphia”
  • Tajik: “филаделфия”
  • Tajik: “Филаделфия”
  • Tajik: “Филоделфиё”
  • Talysh: “Filadelfijə”
  • Talysh: “Filadelfiya”
  • Tamil: “ஃபிலடெல்ஃபியா”
  • Tamil: “பிலடெல்பியா”
  • Tatar: “Filadelfiä”
  • Tatar: “Филаделфия”
  • Tatar: “Филадельфия”
  • Telugu: “ఫిలడెల్ఫియా,పెన్సిల్వేనియా”
  • Telugu: “ఫిలడెల్ఫియా”
  • Thai: “ฟิลาเดลเฟีย”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Philadelphia”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Philadelphia”
  • Turkish: “Philadelphia, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “Philadelphia”
  • Turkmen: “Filadelfiýa”
  • Twi: “Philadelphia”
  • Uighur: “Filadélfiye”
  • Ukrainian: “Філадельфія”
  • Urdu: “فلاڈلفیا”
  • Urdu: “فلاڈیلفیا، پنسلوانیا”
  • Uzbek: “Filadelfiya”
  • Venetian: “Filadèlfia”
  • Veps: “Filadel’fii”
  • Veps: “Filadelfii”
  • Vietnamese: “Philadelphia”
  • Vlaams: “Philadelphia”
  • Vlax Romani: “Philadelphia”
  • Volapük: “Philadelphia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Philadelphia”
  • Welsh: “Philadelphia”
  • Western Armenian: “Ֆիլատելֆիա”
  • Western Frisian: “Philadelphia”
  • Western Mari: “Филадельфи”
  • Western Panjabi: “فلاڈیلفیا”
  • Wolof: “Filaadelfiya”
  • Wu Chinese: “费城”
  • Yakut: “Филаделфиа”
  • Yiddish: “פילאדעלפיע”
  • Yoruba: “Philadelphia”
  • Yue Chinese: “費城”
  • “Filadèlfia”
  • “Philadelphia”

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