Location of Philadelphia refers to the latitudinal and longitudinal position of the city, its political boundaries, the neighboring counties, as well as the position of the city with respect to Pennsylvania and United States of America.
Philadelphia is both the capital as well as the largest city in Pennsylvania. The city is situated on the easternmost corner of Pennsylvania, in proximity with the shores of Delaware River. This riverside location of the city has facilitated extensive trade and commerce to flourish in the city, since time immemorial. The exact location of Philadelphia is on the Fall Line, which separates the Piedmont from the Atlantic Coastal Plain. As far as the latitudinal and longitudinal positions of Philadelphia is concerned, it is located on 39°57?12? north latitude and 75°10?12? west longitude.
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The city of Philadelphia is the seat of its own county. Among the neighboring counties of Philadelphia the county of Montgomery is situated to the north. The Bucks County has a northeastern position with respect to Philadelphia. The Burlington and New Jersey counties surround Philadelphia towards the east, while the southeastern part of Philadelphia is bordered by the Camden County and parts of New Jersey. The Gloucester County and some more parts of New Jersey are to the south of Philadelphia and Delaware County is to its west. All these counties make up the political boundaries of Philadelphia.
The natural elevation of the city of Philadelphia is 12 m (or 39 ft) above sea levels. This sixth most populous American city is positioned on EST (UTC-5) time zone.
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