Pittsburgh

**Pittsburgh** is a city in the American state of Pennsylvania. The city was known in the 20th century for its steel industry. However, with the collapse of United States steel industry in the 1980s, the economy of Pittsburgh is now mostly based on healthcare, education, technology, and financial services. It is also the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team, who have won the Super Bowl six times, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh is the county seat for Allegheny County. The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet in Pittsburgh and form the Ohio River.

Pittsburgh is in western Pennsylvania. It has a population of 302,971 people and a metro population of around 2,400,000 people. Pittsburgh was the most livable city in the United States in 2007. In 2014 Pittsburgh was ranked sixth in the country for polluted cities by the American Lung Association.

The French and Indian War started when George Washington went to Pittsburgh.  Later it was a center of the Whiskey Rebellion.

The city is served by the Pittsburgh International Airport.

## Other websites

- Pittsburgh -Citizendium

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Pittsburgh
- **settlement type**: City
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image caption**: Clockwise from top: Pittsburgh skyline; Duquesne Incline; Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh; PNC Park; Phipps Conservatory
- **image flag**: Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **flag link**: Flag of Pittsburgh
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.svg
- **shield link**: Seal of Pittsburgh
- **nickname**: List of nicknames for Pittsburgh, City of Bridges, Steel City,
City of Champions, The 'Burgh
- **motto**: _Benigno Numine_ ("With the benevolent deity")
- **map caption**: Interactive maps of Pittsburgh
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Pennsylvania, County
- **subdivision type3**: Historic empires
- **subdivision type4**: Colony, Historic colonies
- **subdivision name1**: Pennsylvania
- **subdivision name2**: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny
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- **established title1**: Founded
- **established title2**: Municipal incorporation
- **named for**: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, "The Great Commoner": Prime Minister William Pitt
- **government type**: Mayor-council government, Mayor-council
- **leader title**: Mayor of Pittsburgh, Mayor
- **leader name**: Ed Gainey (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **leader title1**: Pittsburgh City Council, City Council
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total sq mi**: 58.35
- **area total km2**: 151.12
- **area land sq mi**: 55.38
- **area land km2**: 143.43
- **area water sq mi**: 2.97
- **area water km2**: 7.69
- **elevation min ft**: 710
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 302971
- **population rank**: List of United States cities by population, 68th in the United States
List of cities and boroughs in Pennsylvania by population, 2nd in Pennsylvania
- **population metro**: 2,457,000 (List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th)
- **population density sq mi**: 5470.77
- **population density km2**: 2112.33
- **population demonym**: Pittsburgher, Yinzer
- **postal code type**: ZIP Code
- **area codes**: Area code 412, 412, Area code 724, 724, Area code 878, 878
- **elevation max ft**: 1370
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, Eastern Standard Time
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Time Zone, Eastern Daylight Time
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 42-61000
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1213644
- **blank name sec2**: Major airports
- **blank info sec2**: Pittsburgh International Airport, Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
- **blank2 name sec2**: Interstate Highway System, Interstates
- **blank2 info sec2**:
- **blank3 name sec2**: Rapid Transit
- **blank3 info sec2**: