Philadelphia Region

The Philadelphia Region is in eastern . Its two largest cities are and . Philadelphia is the cradle of American democracy, a former capital of the and the nation's sixth-most populous city.
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Top destinations include Philadelphia and Allentown.

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, 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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is the largest city in the region of eastern , the county seat and largest city in Lehigh County, and the third-largest city in Pennsylvania after and with a population of 125,845 as of 2020.

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is a historic city of about 95,000 in , about 50 miles northwest of , 35 miles southwest of and 55 miles east of .

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is a county northwest of . It ranges in character from farm country to suburbia. It has a population of over 830,000, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania. The county seat and largest community is Norristown.

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, colloquially referred to as Delco, is in the Commonwealth of . With a population of 576,830 as of the 2020 census, it is the fifth-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the third-smallest in area.

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The , colloquially called The Valley, is a region in eastern . With a population of 861,889 people as of 2020, the is the third-most populous metropolitan region of the state after the Philadelphia and regions.

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is in the , in the Philadelphia Region of , United States of America.

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, colloquially referred to as Chesco, is a county in the U.S. state of . It is located in the , part of the southeastern portion of the state.

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is a small town in the northeastern part of Berks County, in between and . It is home to about 5,100 year-round residents, and to the University of Pennsylvania, a public university whose 8,300 students make the town a busy place from late August to early May.

Philadelphia Region

Latitude of center
40.29° or 40° 17′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
-75.5° or 75° 30′ west
Wiki­data ID
Q14925011
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Philadelphia Region” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “regió de Pennsilvània”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Filadelfio”
  • Hebrew: “פילדלפיה רבתי”
  • Italian: “Area di Filadelfia”
  • Japanese: “フィラデルフィア・リージョン”
  • Japanese: “フィラデルフィア地域”
  • Slovenian: “Philadelphia Region”
  • Venetian: “Àrea de Fiładelfia”

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