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.

Frank Furness → notableWorkLocation → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment → operatesIn → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
69th Street Transportation Center area → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Bucks County, Pennsylvania → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Camden → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Chester County, Pennsylvania → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Delaware County → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Delaware County, Pennsylvania → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Gloucester County, New Jersey → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
King of Prussia → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Overbrook → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Philadelphia → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware Valley metropolitan area
University City neighborhood → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: University City (Philadelphia)
University City, Philadelphia → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Yeadon, Pennsylvania → partOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
present-day Gloucester City, New Jersey → partOfMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Gloucester City, New Jersey
New Castle County, Delaware → partOfMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Philadelphia County → partOfMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania → partOfMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Trenton, New Jersey → partOfMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philadelphia metropolitan area (economic and media ties)
Upland, Pennsylvania → partOfMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Lansdale/Doylestown Line → primaryLocale → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
SEPTA Silverliner IV → primaryServiceArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Big 5 basketball → region → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Mackmen → region → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Philadelphia Big 5 → region → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Center for Autism Research → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Philadelphia area
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Fox Chase Line → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
ICA Philadelphia → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Launch Lane accelerator → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Philadelphia region
Manayunk/Norristown Line → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Olney Transportation Center → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Penn Medicine → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Philadelphia
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Pennsylvania Convention Center → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Phase 1 Ventures → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Philadelphia region
Route 10 → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
SEPTA Key → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Philadelphia
The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Philadelphia area
Tri-College Consortium → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
University City Science Center → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Philadelphia
Warminster Line → regionServed → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
NJ Transit → serves → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Philadelphia International Airport → serves → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
SEPTA Regional Rail → serves → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ