City Profile

The fourth largest city in the United States. The population of the metro Philadelhia area is 5.7 million. Bounded by history, the Industrial Revolution and one of the busiest shipping ports in the World, Philadelphia, sometimes known as Philly, is a city of many faces. Often described as 'the place that loves you back', 'the great lady' or 'the spinster' of cities in America. Beneath the surface, though, Philadelphia is a thriving, dynamic metropolis with a very diverse population base, a strong economy and a thirst for high living.

The city is located at the juncture of the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers, on the east coast, some 90 miles, or 150 kilometres north east of New York City. Punctuated by trees, parks and gardens and colonial homes and buildings, Philadelphia, without a doubt, is a beautiful city. Founded by William Penn, adopted by Benjamin Franklin today's central city citizens, which number around 1.7 million, feast on a huge array of cosmpolitan restaurants, cafes and outdoor dining. Shopping arcades and boulevardes weave their way through the city, offering a smorgasboard of fashion, and everywhere there are wide open spaces, reflecting the fact that within the central city ,lies nearly 8,000 acres of parks and gardens. The heartbeat of the city though, is still driven by heavy industry on the city outskirts, and, with it, the transport activity drawn by it's port, the nerve centre of the Delaware River Ameriport.