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South Philadelphia

South Philly is a district of . 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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  • Type: Suburb with 169,000 residents
  • Description: the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south, and the Schuylkill River to the west
  • Also known as: “South Philly”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Methodist Hospital and Francis Scott Key School.

Hospital
is a in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia, affiliated with , and Thomas Jefferson University.

Historic building
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
is a public elementary school located in the Central South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.

Historic building
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
is a historic K-8 school located in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the School District of Philadelphia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wharton and Whitman.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, , 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.

Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of , , United States. It is bounded on the west by Sixth Street, on the east by Front Street, on the south by Bigler Street, and on the north by Snyder Avenue.

Neighborhood
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is a in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, , United States. is home to a large working-class Irish American population, many of them descendants of immigrants from the mid to late 19th century.

South Philadelphia

Latitude
39.92555° or 39° 55′ 32″ north
Longitude
-75.16946° or 75° 10′ 10″ west
Population
169,000
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
87F6WRGJ+66
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9452003405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11837684
Wiki­data ID
Q7568214
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to South Azerbaijani—“South Philadelphia” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “South Philadelphia”
  • Chinese: “南費城”
  • Dutch: “South Philadelphia”
  • French: “Philadelphie sud”
  • Hebrew: “פילדלפיה/דרום העיר”
  • Italian: “Filadelfia sud”
  • Italian: “South Philadelphia”
  • Japanese: “サウス・フィラデルフィア”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سوت فیلئیدلفیا”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “South Philadelphia”. Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0.