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  2. Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of ...

  3. Indian Americans in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    There has been an Indian presence in Philadelphia since at least the 19th century, though mass immigration of Indians to the Delaware Valley didn't start until the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which ended the de facto ban of Asian immigrants to the United States. One of the most notable Indians to come to Philadelphia ...

  4. Module:Location map/data/Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Module:Location map/data/Philadelphia is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Philadelphia. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.

  5. Pennsylvania metropolitan areas - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania metropolitan areas. Pennsylvania has 14 U.S. Census Bureau -designated metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and four combined statistical areas (CSAs). As of 2020, Philadelphia, the seventh-largest United States metropolitan area, is the state's largest metropolitan area followed by Pittsburgh and Allentown.

  6. List of Philadelphia neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of neighborhoods, districts and other places located in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The list is organized by broad geographical sections within the city. Common usage for Philadelphia's neighborhood names does not respect "official" borders used by the city's police, planning commission or ...

  7. History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    A 1752 map of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and during the American Revolution was the site of ...

  8. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .phila .gov. Philadelphia County is the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the 24th-most populous county in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 1,603,797. [1] Its county seat is Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-largest city. The county is part of the Southeast Pennsylvania region of the state.

  9. Outline of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Outline of Philadelphia. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Philadelphia : Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the second-largest city on the East Coast of the United States after New York City, and the fifth-most-populous city in the United States. [1]