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Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,603,797 1
Area (sq km)
369.59 1
Founding Year
1682 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
12 1
Latitude
39.9528 degrees north 1
Longitude
75.1636 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 4
Connections

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Pennsylvania, States or Territories

Philadelphia is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Source Philadelphia (Wikipedia)
United States, Countries
Source Philadelphia (Wikipedia)

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The Consolidation Act That Made Philadelphia County-Sized, Articles
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Barbara Chase-Riboud

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Man Ray

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Robert Venturi

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Source Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names: Venturi, Robert (American architect, 1925-2018)Birth and Death Places
Quote, Birth and Death Places
Born: Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) (inhabited place)
Steve McCurry

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McCurry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thomas Eakins

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Articles of Confederation

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Common Sense

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University of Pennsylvania

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Quote, Lead
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Adoption of the Declaration of Independence

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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.

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Baltimore and Potomac Railroad

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Christian Schmidt Brewing Company

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City Park Brewery

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Conrail

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Conrail Shared Assets Operations

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Dechert

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Dock Street Brewing Company

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Frankford Arsenal

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Graco (baby products)

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John F. Betz & Son Brewery

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Lehigh and New England Railroad

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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

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Naval Aircraft Factory

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was established by the United States Navy in 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Penn Central Transportation Company

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Pennsylvania Railroad

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Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

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Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad

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TLA Releasing

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Absalom Jones

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Benjamin Franklin

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Jarena Lee

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In 1804, she moved from New Jersey to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she continued in domestic service.
John Coltrane

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Rebecca Cox Jackson

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In 1859, Jackson and her protégé and lifelong companion Rebecca Perot founded a Shaker community of Black women in Philadelphia.
Richard Allen

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He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia.
University of Pennsylvania

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The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Philadelphia Municipal Court

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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania meets in three cities: Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

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The court is composed of 14 active judges and is based at the James A. Byrne United States Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
American Philosophical Society

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The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.
University of Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia Athletics

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Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954
Philadelphia Eagles

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based in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Flyers

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The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Freedoms

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Source Philadelphia Freedoms (Wikipedia)Overview, home court
Quote, Overview, home court
returning to play within the City of Philadelphia for the first time since 1974
Philadelphia Phillies

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Quote, Lead
are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Waterdogs

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based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area
Philadelphia Wings

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based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Society for Clinical Trials

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"name": "Philadelphia"
Adoption of the Declaration of Independence

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Source U.S. National Archives: A Brief History of the Declaration of IndependenceEarly history of the Declaration
Quote, Early history of the Declaration
The clearest call for independence up to the summer of 1776 came in Philadelphia on June 7. On that date in session in the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence Hall), the Continental Congress heard Richard Henry Lee of Virginia read his resolution
Sources
1. Philadelphia (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Philadelphia ..., colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    1,603,797
  • Lead section
    Its population was 1.60 million at the 2020 census and estimated at 1.57 million in 2025.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    369.59
  • Infobox, Elevation
    12 m
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    39.9528 N 75.1636 W
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    39.9528 N 75.1636 W
  • Infobox, Founded
    1682
  • Associated With: United States, Infobox, Country
    United States
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 39.9528,-75.1636
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 50.0
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.75, -75.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.75, -75.25
39.75 -75.25 Cfa
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4. GeoNames: Philadelphia - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 4560349
Quote, cities500 record 4560349
39.95238 -75.16362 P PPLA2 US PA 101 60000 1573916 12 8 America/New_York
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Wikidata: Philadelphia
Wikidata Q1345, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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