U.S. tourist cities - Philadelphia

Philadelphia Philadelphia, the United States the fifth largest city, but also Pennsylvania's largest city. Name for Philadelphia. At the southeast edge of the state, the Delaware River and the Schuylkill River Interchange, Dongju the Atlantic Ocean 142 km. Urban area of 352 square kilometers, population 1706000; large urban areas including the five county Philadelphia and New Jersey 2, such as the Camden County town about 140, a total area of 9,202 square kilometers. From the City Hall to the northwest extension of the Benjamin Franklin Avenue is a wide boulevard, through Philadelphia Museum of Art, Luo Ding Museum, Benjamin Franklin Memorial Planetarium and Fishbein, and other important cultural facilities, leading to the Fairmont Park . The park extends along the Schuylkill River, an area of 1,600 hectares, is the world's largest urban parks, there are 1876 American Century Expo venue. Chengdong many historical sites. In 1730 the establishment of the Independence Square, the park is now a part of national independence, in the Independence Palace is July 4, 1776 announced that the Declaration of Independence, a famous collection of the Liberty Bell. Carpenter near the Office of the card is the first meeting of the premises of the subcontinent. Details Philadelphia Travel Tips Philadelphia map Philadelphia tourist attractions U.S. Independence Palace Liberty Bell Philadelphia - Philadelphia District of latitude 40 ° 44 'west longitude 73 ° 55' standard time zones: -5 time zone UTC / GMT -5 hours, and the United States, Washington, New York in the same urban area. New York time difference and China - for 13 hours, that is, China - than New York as early as 13 hours, if the use of daylight saving time in New York, New York time than in China - as early as 12 hours. Philadelphia weather - our proximity to urban Appalachian foothills platform, along the river between the two strips of the peninsula stretching, is flat, an average elevation of 30 meters. The Delaware River and the Canal to the Atlantic. Schuylkill River and its tributaries flow through the foot platform, "Falls line", the rich hydropower resources. Pennsylvania coal fields near East. A mild climate and humid, winter and summer mean temperature was 0.2 ℃ and 24.9 ℃, the average annual rainfall of about 1,000 mm. Philadelphia traffic - a city subway and elevated railway, public transport facilities. Large urban areas are six bridges across the Delaware River, New Jersey and the other side of the town connected. Philadelphia International Airport is located 12 km southwest of the city centre, passenger and freight traffic in the country before the UN-Habitat