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| Nickname: |
| The Big Apple, The Capital of The World (Novum Caput Mundi), The City That Never Sleeps, Empire City, Gotham, The City So Nice They Named It Twice. |
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| "City of Brotherly Love", "The City that Loves you Back", "Cradle of Liberty", "The Quaker City", "The Birthplace of America", "Philly". |
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| Coordinates: |
| 40°43′N 74°00′W / 40.717, -74 |
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| 39°57′12″N 75°10′12″W / 39.95333, -75.17 |
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| Government : - Mayor: | |
| John F. Street (D) (newly elected Michael Nutter will take office Jan. 7, 2008) |
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| Area : - City: |
| 468.9 sq mi (1,214.4 km²) |
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| Area : - Urban: |
| 3,352.6 sq mi (8,683.2 km²) |
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| 4,660.7 km² (1,799.5 sq mi) |
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| Population (2006) : - City: |
| 8,214,426 (World: 13th, U.S.: 1st) |
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| Population (2006) : - Density: |
| 27,083/sq mi (10,456/km²) |
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| 4,201.8/km² (10,882.8/sq mi) |
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| Introduction (from Wikipedia): |
| New York City (pronounced /nʲuːˈjɔɹk/) (officially The City of New York) is the largest city in the United States, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world. For more than a century, it has been one of the wor |
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| Philadelphia (pronounced /ˌfɪlʌˈdɛlfiʌ/) is a major center of US business, education, and culture and the arts as well as the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixth most populous city in the United States[1]. It is conterminous with Philade |
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| The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island |
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| Motto: | |
| "Philadelphia maneto" - "Let brotherly love endure" |
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