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.

Schuylkill Expressway bridges → serves → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority → serves → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Trenton Line → servesArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philadelphia region
Cynwyd station → servesCity → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Garden State Parkway → servesMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philadelphia metropolitan area (via connections)
U.S. Route 1 → servesMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Chestnut Hill West Line → servesRegion → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Paoli/Thorndale Line → servesRegion → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
HUP → serviceArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
subject surface form: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
M-4 cars (Market–Frankford Line) → serviceArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Penn's Landing → touristAttractionOf → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Cobbs Creek neighborhood → urbanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Travel Wallet → usedInRegion → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
Hopewell Township → withinMetropolitanArea → Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ