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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. List of Philadelphia neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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   Unofficial map of the neighborhoods of Philadelphia Philadelphia Planning Analysis sections. 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.

4. Philadelphia Main Line - Wikipedia

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   The Philadelphia Main Line, known simply as the Main Line, is an informally delineated historical and social region of suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lying along the former Pennsylvania Railroad 's once prestigious Main Line , it runs northwest from Center City Philadelphia parallel to Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike , also known as U ...

5. 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.

6. Fairmount Park - Wikipedia

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   Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city. [4] [5] Fairmount Park consists of two park sections named East Park and West Park, divided by the Schuylkill River, with the two sections together totalling 2,052 acres (830 ha). [3]

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 ...