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  1. History of Philadelphia. 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.

  2. May 3, 2024 · Philadelphia, city and port, coextensive with Philadelphia county, southeastern Pennsylvania, and situated at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the largest city in the state. Learn more about Philadelphia, including its history, in this article.

  3. Mar 8, 2019 · Philadelphia, a city in Pennsylvania whose name means City of Brotherly Love, was originally settled by Native American tribes, particularly the Lenape hunter gatherers, around 8000 B.C.

  4. Филаде́льфия — один из старейших городов США, шестой по населению город страны и самый населённый город штата Пенсильвания. Население агломерации составляет 6 096 120 жителей. Расположен на ...

  5. The Philadelphia Portal. 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 ...

  6. Philadelphia - Colonial, Revolutionary, Quaker: William Penn acquired the province of Pennsylvania in 1681 from King Charles II of England as a place where his fellow Quakers could enjoy freedom of worship and a chance to govern themselves and develop their own way of life.

  7. Philadelphia became one of the first U.S. industrial centers and the city contained a variety of industries, the largest being textiles. The city of Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.

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