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Allegheny County

county in southwestern Pennsylvania, United States
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Summary

Allegheny County is a county of Pennsylvania[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of county of pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,333 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pennsylvania[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: home rule county of Pennsylvania[5]
  • Capital: Pittsburgh[6]
  • Shares border with: Butler County[7], Armstrong County[8], Westmoreland County[9], Washington County[10], Beaver County[11]
  • Named after: Allegheny River[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Aleppo Township[13], Aspinwall[14], Avalon[15], Baldwin[16], Baldwin Township[17], Bell Acres[18], Bellevue[19], Ben Avon[20], Ben Avon Heights[21], Bethel Park[22], Blawnox[23], Brackenridge[24], Braddock Hills[25], Bradford Woods[26]

Why It Matters

Allegheny County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Allegheny River Dravosburg Pennsylvania United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Allegheny County, P
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pre"
  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → allegheny-county
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: allegheny-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289912957|allegheny county (#289912957)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  3. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → allegheny.pa.us
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Domain name: allegheny.pa.us"
  4. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  5. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00006386
    Taxonomicon id → 1807283
    Umls cui → C3816740
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  6. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+39541'}
    Area → {'amount': '+1929'}
    Instance of → —
    Located in → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C109933, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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