Philadelphia metropolitan area

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metropolitan area urban area

The Philadelphia metropolitan area is a major U.S. urban region centered on the city of Philadelphia, encompassing its surrounding suburbs and economic, cultural, and educational hubs.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Greater Philadelphia 6
Greater Philadelphia area 2
Greater Philadelphia region 2

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf metropolitan area ⓘ
urban area ⓘ
airport Philadelphia International Airport ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Delaware Valley ⓘ
Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Greater Philadelphia
centeredOn Philadelphia ⓘ
contains Bensalem Township ⓘ
Camden ⓘ
Cherry Hill ⓘ
Chester ⓘ
King of Prussia ⓘ
Media, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Norristown ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Trenton–Princeton corridor (in some definitions) ⓘ
Upper Darby Township ⓘ
Wilmington, Delaware ⓘ
surface form: Wilmington
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicCenter Philadelphia ⓘ
economicSector education ⓘ
finance ⓘ
health care ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
pharmaceuticals ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Independence National Historical Park ⓘ
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ
The Franklin Institute ⓘ
hasMedicalCenter Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasTransportationAgency NJ Transit ⓘ
surface form: NJ Transit (regional services)

PATCO Speedline ⓘ
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form: SEPTA
hasUniversity Drexel University ⓘ
Rowan University ⓘ
Rutgers University ⓘ
surface form: Rutgers University–Camden

Saint Joseph's University ⓘ
Temple University ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Villanova University ⓘ
largestCity Philadelphia ⓘ
locatedIn Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States

Northeastern United States ⓘ
partOf Northeast megalopolis ⓘ
principalCity Philadelphia ⓘ
river Delaware River ⓘ
Schuylkill River ⓘ
sportsTeam Philadelphia 76ers ⓘ
Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ
Philadelphia Flyers ⓘ
Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
Philadelphia Union ⓘ
stateOrTerritory Province of Delaware ⓘ
surface form: Delaware

Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Maryland (in some definitions)

New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

Pennsylvania ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (114)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Delaware Valley → alsoKnownAs → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Philadelphia
Delaware Valley → alsoKnownAs → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Philadelphia metropolitan area → alsoKnownAs → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Philadelphia
The U → basedIn → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Philadelphia city line → borders → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philadelphia metropolitan area suburbs
KYW (AM) → broadcastArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Blue Cross RiverRink → cityServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
James A. Byrne United States Courthouse → cityServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
PPL Park → cityServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Pennsylvania Hospital → cityServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Subaru Park → cityServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Talen Energy Stadium → cityServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Veterans Stadium → cityServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
U.S. Route 30 → connects → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
NJ Transit Atlantic City Line → connectsRegion → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
South Jersey rail network → connectsRegion → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War → hasLocation → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philadelphia region
East Coast of the United States → hasMajorCity → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Northeast megalopolis → hasMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Haddington → inMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
West Amwell Township, New Jersey → isInProximityTo → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Walnut Hill → isInUrbanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Franklin Park, New Jersey → isSuburbanAreaOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
New Jersey, United States → largestMetroArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: New Jersey
Pennsylvania → largestMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Philadelphia
Chestnut Hill East Line → locale → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Bensalem Township → locatedIn → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Cynwyd Line → locatedIn → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Norristown → locatedIn → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Norristown High Speed Line → locatedIn → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Upper Darby Township → locatedIn → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Villanova University → locatedIn → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Warminster, Pennsylvania → locatedIn → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Atco → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Cherry Hill → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Chester, Pennsylvania
Haverford, Pennsylvania → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Kingston, New Jersey → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philadelphia metropolitan area (outer fringe)
Media station → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Media, Pennsylvania → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
New Jersey Route 518 → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philadelphia metropolitan area fringe
Newkirk Viaduct → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Pottstown, Pennsylvania → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Radnor, Pennsylvania → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Dallas Cowboys–Philadelphia Eagles rivalry → mediaMarket2 → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Chester → metropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Chester, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Union → metropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Union → metropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ