Editing Philadelphia (section)

{{Short description|Largest city in Pennsylvania, United States}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Philadelphia
| settlement_type    = [[Consolidated city-county]]
| etymology          = [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|[[wikt:φίλος|φίλος]]}} {{Transliteration|grc|phílos}} ('beloved, dear') and {{lang|grc|[[wikt:ἀδελφός|ἀδελφός]]}} {{Transliteration|grc|adelphós}} ('brother, brotherly')
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 |image1             = Philadelphia skyline from South Street Bridge January 2020 (rotate 2 degrees perspective correction crop 4-1).jpg
 |alt1               = Skyline of Center City
 |caption1           = Skyline of [[Center City (Philadelphia)|Center City]]
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 |alt2               = Independence National Historical Park
 |caption2           = [[Independence National Historical Park]]
 |image3             = Philadelphia City Hall, aerial view, cropped.png
 |alt3               = Philadelphia City Hall
 |caption3           = [[Philadelphia City Hall]] 
 |image4             = Silverliner_V_SEPTA-811-philadelphia-22-6-2012-fws.jpg
 |alt4               = Train in station
 |caption4           = [[SEPTA]] Rail
 |image5             = Elfreth's Alley (53572700168).jpg
 |alt5               = Elfreth's Alley
 |caption5           = [[Elfreth's Alley]]
 |image6             = PhiladelphiaMuseumOfArt2017.jpg
 |alt6               = Philadelphia Museum of Art
 |caption6           = [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]]
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| nickname           = "Philly", "The City of Brotherly Love", [[Nicknames of Philadelphia|others]]
| motto              = "Philadelphia maneto" ("Let brotherly love endure" or "... continue")<ref>{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Sam |date=November 5, 2013 |url=https://hiddencityphila.org/2013/11/behind-philadelphia-maneto-dissecting-the-city-seal |title=Behind Philadelphia Maneto: Dissecting The City Seal |website=Hidden City Philadelphia |access-date=January 18, 2018 |archive-date=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119040015/https://hiddencityphila.org/2013/11/behind-philadelphia-maneto-dissecting-the-city-seal/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McDevitt |first=John |date=May 5, 2015 |url=http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/05/05/plaque-dedication-marks-120th-anniversary-of-creation-of-philadelphias-flag/ |title=Plaque Dedication Marks 120th Anniversary of Creation of Philadelphia's Flag |publisher=CBS Broadcasting Inc. |access-date=January 18, 2018 |archive-date=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119035613/http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/05/05/plaque-dedication-marks-120th-anniversary-of-creation-of-philadelphias-flag/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| image_flag         = Flag of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.svg
| image_seal         = Seal of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.svg
| image_blank_emblem = City of Philadelphia Logo.svg
| blank_emblem_size  = 150px
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
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| map_caption        = Interactive map outlining Philadelphia
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| pushpin_label      = {{nowrap|Philadelphia}}
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the [[state of Pennsylvania]]##Location within the United States ##Location in North America##Location on Earth
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
| subdivision_name   = {{USA}}
| subdivision_name2  = {{flag|Pennsylvania}}
| subdivision_name3  = [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]
| subdivision_type4  = Historic countries
| subdivision_name4  = [[Kingdom of England]]<br />[[Kingdom of Great Britain]]<br />Netherlands<br />Sweden<br />[[Lenape]]
| subdivision_type5  = [[Colony|Historic colony]]
| subdivision_name5  = [[Province of Pennsylvania]]
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]], [[consolidated city-county]]
| governing_body     = [[Philadelphia City Council]]
| leader_title       = [[List of mayors of Philadelphia|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Cherelle Parker]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| established_title  = Founded
| established_title1 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = {{Start date and age|1682}}<ref name=weigley/><!-- ref states early 1862 for first land purchase and summer 1682 for initial survey by Penn's surveyor-general, Thomas Holme, before Penn's arrival in October; no exact dates are given -->
| established_date1  = October 25, 1701
| founder            = [[William Penn]]
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_total_sq_mi   = 142.70
| area_total_km2     = 369.59
| area_land_sq_mi    = 134.36
| area_land_km2      = 347.98
| area_water_sq_mi   = 8.34
| area_water_km2     = 21.61
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web |title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory |url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE%3D%2742%27&outFields=NAME%2CSTATE%2CPLACE%2CAREALAND%2CAREAWATER%2CLSADC%2CCENTLAT%2CCENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 16, 2022 |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109154513/https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE%3D%2742%27&outFields=NAME%2CSTATE%2CPLACE%2CAREALAND%2CAREAWATER%2CLSADC%2CCENTLAT%2CCENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web |url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108 |title=Census Population API |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 16, 2022 |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109154513/https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_total   = 1,603,797
| population_est     = 1,573,916
| pop_est_as_of      = 2024
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="Estimate2024">{{cite web |title=Census QuickFacts Philadelphia |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/philadelphiacountypennsylvania/PST045224 |website=census.gov |access-date=March 15, 2025}}</ref>
| population_rank    = [[List of North American cities by population|13th]] in North America<br />[[List of United States cities by population|6th]] in the United States<br />[[List of municipalities in Pennsylvania|1st]] in Pennsylvania
| population_metro_footnotes = <ref name="2020Pop">{{cite web |title=2020 Population and Housing State Data |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824081449/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_metro   = 6245051 (US: [[List of metropolitan statistical areas|9th]])
| population_density_sq_mi = 11936.92
| population_density_km2 = 4608.86
| population_urban   = 5,696,125 (US: [[List of United States urban areas|7th]])
| population_density_urban_km2 = 1,158.6
| population_density_urban_sq_mi = 3,000.8
| population_urban_footnotes = <ref name="urban area">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html |title=List of 2020 Census Urban Areas |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114022812/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_demonym = Philadelphian
| demographics_type2 = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=PhiladelphiaMetroGDP>{{Cite web |title=Total Gross Domestic Product for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (MSA) |url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP37980 |website=fred.stlouisfed.org |access-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110135225/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP37980 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Philadelphia (MSA)
| demographics2_info1 = $518.5 billion (2022)
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset         = −5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = −4
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code        = 19092–19093, 19099, 191xx
| area_codes         = [[Area codes 215, 267, and 445|215, 267, 445]]
| elevation_m        = 12
| elevation_ft       = 39
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 42-60000
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1215531<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1215531,City%20of%20Philadelphia |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=US Board on Geographic Names |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |date=February 2, 2015 |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027140852/https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names?p=136%3A3%3A0%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP3_FID%2CP3_TITLE%3A1215531%2CCity%2520of%2520Philadelphia |url-status=live }}</ref>
| website            = {{official URL}}
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'''Philadelphia''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|f|ɪ|l|ə|ˈ|d|ɛ|l|f|i|ə|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Philadelphia.wav}} {{Respell|FIL|ə|DEL|fee|ə}}), colloquially referred to as '''Philly''', is the [[List of municipalities in Pennsylvania|most populous city]] in the U.S. state of [[Pennsylvania]]<ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/philadelphiacitypennsylvania/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412012650/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/philadelphiacitypennsylvania/POP010220 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[List of United States cities by population|sixth-most populous city in the United States]], with a population of 1,603,797 in the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. The city is the urban core of the  [[Philadelphia metropolitan area]] (sometimes called the [[Delaware Valley]]), the nation's [[Metropolitan statistical area|ninth-largest]] [[metropolitan area]] and ninth-largest [[combined statistical area]] with 6.245 million residents and 7.366 million residents, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html |title=Population and housing state data |website=2020 U.S. census |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824081449/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by [[William Penn]], an [[English Americans|English]] [[Quakers|Quaker]] and advocate of [[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]], and served as the capital of the [[Colonial history of the United States|colonial era]] [[Province of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=weigley/><ref>{{cite book |last=Brookes |first=Karin |editor=Zoë Ross |title=Insight Guides: Philadelphia and Surroundings |edition=Second (Updated) |year=2005 |publisher=APA Publications |pages=[https://archive.org/details/insightguidephil00zoer/page/21 21–22] |isbn=1-58573-026-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/insightguidephil00zoer/page/21 }}</ref> It then played a historic and vital role during the [[American Revolution]] and [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. It served as the central meeting place for the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|nation's Founding Fathers]], hosted the [[First Continental Congress]] (1774) and the [[Second Continental Congress]], during which the Founders formed the [[Continental Army]], elected [[George Washington]] as its commander, and adopted the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] on July 4, 1776. During the Revolutionary War's [[Philadelphia campaign]], the city briefly fell to the [[British Army during the American Revolutionary War|British Army]], which occupied Philadelphia for nine months from September 1777 to June 1778.<ref name="American Creation">{{cite book |author-link=Joseph Ellis |first=Joseph |last=Ellis |title=American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic |location=New York |publisher=Knopf |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-307-26369-8 |pages=55–56 }}</ref>

In 1787, following the end of the Revolutionary War and establishment of independence, the [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]] was ratified in Philadelphia at the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Philadelphia Convention]]. Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until 1790, and it served as the nation's first capital from May 10, 1775, until December 12, 1776, and on [[List of capitals in the United States|four subsequent occasions]] until 1800, when construction of the new national capital in Washington, D.C. was completed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2020 |title=How Philly lost the nation's capital to Washington |url=https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/how-philly-lost-the-nations-capital-to-washington |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422180113/https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/how-philly-lost-the-nations-capital-to-washington |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=National Constitution Center }}</ref>

Philadelphia maintains extensive contemporary influence in [[Economy of Philadelphia|business and industry]], [[Culture of Philadelphia|culture]], [[Sports in Philadelphia|sports]], and [[Music of Philadelphia|music]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Historic Attractions in Philadelphia |url=https://www.visitphilly.com/history-in-philadelphia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119183525/https://www.visitphilly.com/history-in-philadelphia/ |archive-date=January 19, 2023 |access-date=January 19, 2023 |website=Visit Philadelphia |language=en-US }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau |date=February 22, 2006 |title=The Sounds of Philadelphia |url=http://www.pcvb.org/pressroom/view_kit.asp?ID=52 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222133521/http://www.pcvb.org/pressroom/view_kit.asp?ID=52 |archive-date=February 22, 2006 |access-date=March 29, 2006 |website=Press Kit }}</ref> With [[List of colleges and universities in Philadelphia|17 four-year universities and colleges]] in the city, Philadelphia is one of the nation's leading centers for higher education and [[research|academic research]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/qs-best-student-cities/philadelphia |title=Philadelphia |last=Tucker |first=Laura |date=November 25, 2014 |publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited |access-date=October 11, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016081925/http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/qs-best-student-cities/philadelphia |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=WHC>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/philadelphia-world-heritage-city-us-35026257 |title=Philadelphia Becomes First World Heritage City in US |last=Sisak |first=Michael A. |date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=ABC News Internet Ventures |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108030511/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/philadelphia-world-heritage-city-us-35026257 |archive-date=November 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 6, 2015 }}</ref> The city is a national cultural center, hosting more [[sculpture|outdoor sculptures]] and murals than any other city in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fpaa.org/about_gateway.html |title=Gateway to Public Art in Philadelphia |website=fpaa.org |publisher=[[Association for Public Art|Fairmount Park Art Association]] |date=August 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810153418/http://www.fpaa.org/about_gateway.html |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 6, 2017 |quote=according to the Smithsonian Institution, Philadelphia has more outdoor sculpture than any other city in the country <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Save Outdoor Sculpture!]] program<nowiki>]</nowiki>. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.muralarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MA_Press-Kit_FINAL_April2017-1.pdf |title=Mural Arts Philadelphia – Press kit |website=muralarts.org |publisher=[[Mural Arts Program|Mural Arts Philadelphia]] |access-date=December 6, 2017 |quote=Mural Arts Philadelphia is the nation's largest public art program...creating nearly 4,000 artworks that have transformed public spaces. |archive-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207083645/https://www.muralarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MA_Press-Kit_FINAL_April2017-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Fairmount Park]], when combined with adjacent [[Wissahickon Valley Park]] in the same [[Drainage basin|watershed]], is {{convert|2052|acres}}, representing one of the nation's largest and the [[List of urban parks by size|world's 55th-largest]] [[urban park]].<ref name=tplrank>{{cite web |url=http://www.tpl.org/sites/default/files/files_upload/2014_CityParkFacts.pdf |title=2014 City Park Facts |pages=9, 25, 28 |website=tpl.org |publisher=The Trust for Public Land |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920120721/http://www.tpl.org/sites/default/files/files_upload/2014_CityParkFacts.pdf |archive-date=September 20, 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=January 6, 2017 }}</ref> Philadelphia is known for its arts, [[Culture of Philadelphia|culture]], [[Philadelphia cuisine|cuisine]], and colonial and Revolutionary-era history; in 2016, it attracted 42&nbsp;million domestic tourists who spent $6.8&nbsp;billion, representing  $11&nbsp;billion in economic impact to the city and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties.<ref name="Visit Philadelphia">{{cite web |url=http://files.visitphilly.com/Visit-Philadelphia-annual-report-2017.pdf |title=Visit Philadelphia 2017 Annual Report |page=6 |website=visitphilly.com |publisher=[[Visit Philadelphia]] |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205235746/http://files.visitphilly.com/Visit-Philadelphia-annual-report-2017.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> With [[Sports in Philadelphia|five professional sports teams]] and one of the nation's most loyal and passionate fan bases, Philadelphia is often ranked as the nation's best city for professional sports fans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/218685-the-most-passionate-fans-in-sportsphiladelphia-fans |title=The most passionate fans in sports |website=Bleacher Report |date=July 16, 2009 |access-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024210352/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/218685-the-most-passionate-fans-in-sportsphiladelphia-fans |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Drew |date=September 24, 2020 |title=JJ Redick says that Philadelphia is the best sports town in America despite Philly sports radio being delusional |url=https://thelibertyline.com/2022/07/13/jj-redick-best-sports-city-philadelphia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201103631/https://thelibertyline.com/2022/07/13/jj-redick-best-sports-city-philadelphia/ |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |access-date=October 24, 2022 |website=The Liberty Line}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/12/07/best-city-for-sports-fans/ |title=Philadelphia is the best city for sports fans |journal=Philadelphia Magazine |date=December 7, 2019 |first=Sandy |last=Hingston |access-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024210343/https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/12/07/best-city-for-sports-fans/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/phillies-eagles-diehard-bandwagon-fans-20221021.html |title=What Philly--and Philly sports fans--taught me about fandom |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=October 21, 2022 |first=Stephanie |last=Farr |access-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024210343/https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/phillies-eagles-diehard-bandwagon-fans-20221021.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The city has a culturally and [[philanthropy|philanthropically]] active [[LGBT culture in Philadelphia|LGBTQ+ community]]. Philadelphia also has played an immensely [[Music of Philadelphia|influential historic and ongoing role]] in the development and evolution of American music, especially [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[soul music|soul]], and rock.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stanforddaily.com/2018/04/26/ziperski-philly-the-best-sports-city-in-america/ |title=Philly: the best sports city in America |website=The Stanford Daily |date=April 26, 2018 |first=Andrew |last=Ziperski |access-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817234601/https://stanforddaily.com/2018/04/26/ziperski-philly-the-best-sports-city-in-america/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/jj-redick-sixers-76ers-philly-sports-town-nba-summer-league/ |title=JJ Redick calls Philly 'the greatest sports town in America |website=Philly Voice |date=July 13, 2022 |first=Nick |last=Tricome |access-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817234559/https://www.phillyvoice.com/jj-redick-sixers-76ers-philly-sports-town-nba-summer-league/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, the Philadelphia metropolitan area had a [[List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP|gross metropolitan product]] of US$557.6 billion<ref name=PhiladelphiaMetroGDP/> and is home to 13 [[Fortune 500|''Fortune'' 500]] corporate headquarters.<ref>[https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/2023/ "2023 Fortune 500"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127094649/https://fortune.com/ranking/fortune500/2023/ |date=November 27, 2023 }}, ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'', retrieved January 4, 2025</ref> Metropolitan Philadelphia ranks as one of the nation's Big Five [[venture capital]] hubs, facilitated by its geographic proximity to both the [[List of tech companies in the New York metropolitan area|entrepreneurial]] and [[Wall Street|financial ecosystems]] of New York City and the [[Federal government of the United States|federal regulatory]] environment of Washington, D.C.<ref name=PhillyVentureCapitalHub>{{cite web |url=https://nvca.org/document/q2-2024-pitchbook-nvca-venture-monitor/ |title=Q2 2024 |publisher=PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711203805/https://nvca.org/document/q2-2024-pitchbook-nvca-venture-monitor/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Metropolitan Philadelphia is also a [[biotechnology]] hub. The [[Philadelphia Stock Exchange]], owned by [[Nasdaq]] since 2008, is the nation's oldest stock exchange and a global leader in [[Option (finance)|options]] trading.<ref name=PhiladelphiaSemiconductorIndex>{{cite web |url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/soxx.asp |title=Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) |author=Lucas Downey and Somer Anderson |publisher=[[Dotdash Meredith]] |date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718013108/https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/soxx.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> [[30th Street Station]], the city's primary rail station, is the [[List of busiest Amtrak stations|third-busiest Amtrak hub]] in the nation with over 4.1 million passengers in 2023. The city's [[multimodal transportation]] and logistics infrastructure includes [[Philadelphia International Airport]], a major [[Transatlantic flight|transatlantic]] gateway and transcontinental hub;<ref name=PhillyMajorTransAtlanticHub>{{cite web |url=https://www.phl.org/newsroom/AA-CPH |publisher=Philadelphia International Airport |access-date=June 15, 2024 |title=American Airlines and PHL Airport Celebrate Further Transatlantic Growth with New Service to Copenhagen |quote=“American Airlines is proud to offer unparalleled access to some of the most popular European vacation destinations from Philadelphia, which serves as the airline’s transatlantic gateway,” said Lakshman Amaranayaka, American Airlines Vice President of PHL Hub Operations. |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615051927/https://www.phl.org/newsroom/AA-CPH |url-status=live }}</ref> the rapidly-growing [[Port of Philadelphia|PhilaPort seaport]];<ref name=RapidlyGrowingPhiladelphiaSeaport>{{cite web |url=https://www.philaport.com/ |title=PhilaPort The Port of Philadelphia |publisher=Philadelphia Regional Port Authority |access-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814130732/https://www.philaport.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Interstate 95 (Pennsylvania)|Interstate 95]], the spine of the north–south highway system along the [[East Coast of the United States|U.S. East Coast]].

Philadelphia is a city of many firsts, including the nation's first [[Library Company of Philadelphia|library]] (1731),<ref name="Firsts">{{cite web |url=http://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/philadelphiafirsts.html |title=Philadelphia Firsts 1681–1899 |publisher=USHistory |access-date=April 30, 2015 |archive-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217233358/http://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/philadelphiafirsts.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Pennsylvania Hospital|hospital]] (1751),<ref name="Firsts" /> [[Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania|medical school]] (1765),<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/morgan_john.html |title=John Morgan (1735–1789) |encyclopedia=Penn in the 18th Century |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703234451/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/morgan_john.html |archive-date=July 3, 2008 }}</ref> [[First Continental Congress|national capital]] (1774),<ref name=senate>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm |title=The Nine Capitals of the United States |publisher=[[United States Senate]] |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-date=March 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320084755/https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[First university in the United States|university (by some accounts)]] (1779),<ref name="web.archive.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/genlhistory/firstuniv.html |title=The University of Pennsylvania: America's First University |website=upenn.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711051514/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/genlhistory/firstuniv.html |archive-date=July 11, 2006 |access-date=July 12, 2021 }}</ref> [[Bank of North America|central bank]] (1781),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Michener |first1=John H. |title=The Bank of North America, Philadelphia, a national bank, founded 1781 |year=1906 |page=37 |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924032535753#page/n49/mode/2up |access-date=March 17, 2016 |publisher=R. G. Cooke, Inc. |location=New York |id=HG21613.P54 }}</ref> [[Philadelphia Stock Exchange|stock exchange]] (1790),<ref name="Firsts" /> [[Philadelphia Zoo|zoo]] (1874),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/About-the-Zoo.aspx |title=About the Philadelphia Zoo |publisher=Philadelphia Zoo |access-date=April 30, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330192449/http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/About-the-Zoo.aspx |archive-date=March 30, 2015 }}</ref> and [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|business school]] (1881).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/about-wharton/ |title=About Wharton |publisher=The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |access-date=April 30, 2015 |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701074158/http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/about-wharton/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Philadelphia contains 67 [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia|National Historic Landmarks]], including [[Independence Hall]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/78 |title=Independence Hall |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |access-date=December 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319144322/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/78/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ovpm.org/en/regional_secretariats/news/philadelphias_new_branding_world_heritage_city |title=\Philadelphia's new branding as World Heritage City |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306142355/https://www.ovpm.org/en/regional_secretariats/news/philadelphias_new_branding_world_heritage_city |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |website=Organization of World Heritage Cities |access-date=March 5, 2018 }}</ref><ref name=WHC/> From the city's 17th century founding through the present, Philadelphia has been the birthplace or home to an extensive number of [[List of people from Philadelphia|prominent and influential Americans]].
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