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Boundary of Philadelphia

Boundaries: United States Census Bureau, MAF/TIGER Database (https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/carto-boundary-file.html) via geoBoundaries, public domain

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Philadelphia, capital of Philadelphia County

Official · Philadelphia CountyOfficial · City of PhiladelphiaUnited States · historical, to 1800

Philadelphia is the seat of Philadelphia County, a district, and of City of Philadelphia, a subdistrict.

Population
1,573,916

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