Philadelphia (pronounced /ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə/ (deprecatit template)) is the lairgest ceety in Pennsylvanie, saxt-maist-populous ceety in the Unitit States an the fifty-first maist populous ceety in the warld.
Philadelphia | |
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Consolidatit ceety-coonty | |
City of Philadelphia | |
Frae top left, the Philadelphia skyline, a statue of Benjamin Franklin, the Liberty Bell, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia City Hall, an Independence Hall | |
Eik-name(s): "Philly", "City of Brotherly Love", "The City that Loves you Back", "Cradle of Liberty", "The Quaker City", "The Birthplace of America", "The City of Neighborhoods" | |
Motto(s): "Philadelphia maneto" ("Let brotherly love endure") | |
Coordinates: 39°57′N 75°10′W / 39.950°N 75.167°W 75°10′W / 39.950°N 75.167°W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
Commonwealth | Pennsylvanie |
Historic Colony | Province o Pennsylvanie |
Coonty | Philadelphia |
Foondit | October 27, 1682 |
Incorporatit | October 25, 1701 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor–Cooncil |
• Bodi | Philadelphia City Council |
• Mayor | Michael Nutter (D) |
Area | |
• Consolidatit ceety-coonty | 367 km2 (141.6 sq mi) |
• Laund | 347.3 km2 (134.1 sq mi) |
• Water | 19.4 km2 (7.5 sq mi) |
• Urban | 4660.5 km2 (1799.5 sq mi) |
• Metro | 11988.6 km2 (4629 sq mi) |
Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
Population (2013) | |
• Consolidatit ceety-coonty | 1,553,165 |
• Rank | US: 5t |
• Density | 4,393.8/km2 (11,379.6/sq mi) |
• Urban | 5,441,567 (US: 5t) |
• Metro | 6,034,678 (US: 6t) |
• CSA | 7146706 (US: 8th) |
• Demonym | Philadelphian |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 191xx |
Area code(s) | 215, 267 |
Website | www.phila.gov |
In 2008, the population o the ceety proper wis estimatit tae be mair nor 1.54 million, whiles the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan aurie's population o 5.8 million makkit it the kintra's fift lairgest. The ceety, that lies aboot 80 mile (130 km) soothwast o New York Ceety, is the naition's fowert-lairgest urban aurie bi population an its fowert-lairgest consumer media mercat, as ranked bi the Nielsen Media Research.
It is the coonty seat o Philadelphia Coonty, wi whilk it is coterminous. Popular eiknames for Philadelphia include Philly an The Ceety o Britherly Luve, frae the literal meanin o the ceety's name in Greek (Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια ([pʰilaˈdelpʰeːa], Modren Greek: [filaˈðelfia]) "britherly luve", compundit frae philos (φίλος) "luve", an adelphos (ἀδελφός) "brither").
A commercial, eddicational, an cultural centre, Philadelphia wis ance the seicont-lairgest ceety in the Breetish Empire (after Lunnon), an the social an geographical centre o the oreeginal 13 American colonies. It wis a centrepiece o early American history, host tae mony o the ideas an actions that gied birth tae the American Revolution an independence. It wis the maist populous ceety o the young Unitit States, although bi the first census in 1790, New York Ceety haed owertaen it. Philadelphia served as ane o the naition's mony caipitals durin the Revolutionary War an efter. Efter the ratification o the U.S. Constitution, the ceety served as the temporary naitional caipital frae 1790 tae 1800 whiles Washington, D.C. wis unner construction.
Philadelphia is central tae African American history; its lairge black population predates the Great Migration.
Philadelphia haes ten sister ceeties, as designatit bi the International Visitors Council of Philadelphia (IVC) Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine:
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