West Philadelphia
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.
Photo: Kevin83002, Public domain.- Type: Suburb with 216,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “West Philly”, “Zahodna Filadelfija”, “웨스트 필라델피아”, and “西费城”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital and Malcolm X Park.
Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Malcolm X Park
Park
Malcolm X Park is an urban park in West Philadelphia named in honor of Malcolm X.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cobbs Creek and Haddington.
Cobbs Creek
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.Haddington
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.West Philadelphia
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.96° or 39° 57′ 36″ north
Longitude
-75.22489° or 75° 13′ 30″ west
Population
216,000
Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)
Open location code
87F6XQ6G+22
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“West Philadelphia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيلادلفيا الغربية”
- Armenian: “Արևմտյան Ֆիլադելֆիա”
- Catalan: “West Philadelphia”
- Chinese: “西費城”
- Dutch: “West Philadelphia”
- French: “West Philadelphia”
- Hebrew: “פילדלפיה/מערב העיר”
- Italian: “Filadelfia ovest”
- Italian: “Filadelfia Ovest”
- Italian: “West Philadelphia”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・フィラデルフィア”
- Korean: “웨스트필라델피아”
- Russian: “Западная Филадельфия”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna Philadelphia”
- South Azerbaijani: “وزت فیلئیدلفیا”
- Spanish: “Oeste de Filadelfia”
- Turkish: “West Philadelphia”
- Ukrainian: “Західна Філадельфія”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ فلاڈیلفیا”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Philadelphia”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Garden Court and Mill Creek.
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