Pittsburgh
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Summary
Pittsburgh is a city of Pennsylvania[1]. Pittsburgh ranks in the top 4% of city of pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,878 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Allegheny County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Ohio River[5], Allegheny River[6], Monongahela River[7]
- Head of government: Ed Gainey[8], Corey O'Connor[9]
- Continent: North America[10]
- Instance of: county seat[11], big city[12], home rule municipality of Pennsylvania[13]
- Shares border with: Baldwin[14], Bellevue[15], Ross Township[16], Reserve Township[17], Millvale[18], Shaler Township[19], Sharpsburg[20], O'Hara Township[21], Aspinwall[22], Fox Chapel[23], Penn Hills[24], Wilkinsburg[25], Swissvale[26], Munhall[27]
- Founder: John Forbes[28], George Washington[29]
- Named after: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham[30]
- Flag: flag of Pittsburgh[31]
- Twinned administrative body: Skopje[32], Fernando de la Mora[33], Donetsk[34], Zagreb[35], Ostrava[36], Prešov[37], Matanzas[38], Sofia[39], Sheffield[40], Saitama[41], Bilbao[42], Wuhan[43], Novokuznetsk[44], Karmiel[45]
- Legislative body: Pittsburgh City Council[46]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Pittsburgh include Pittsburgh International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in United States[49]; Pittsburgh metropolitan area[50], a metropolitan statistical area[51], in United States[52]; Pittsburg[53], a city in the United States[54], in United States[55], founded in 1876[56]; USS Pittsburgh[57], a heavy cruiser[58]; Pittsburg County[59], a county of Oklahoma[60], in United States[61], founded in 1907[62]; ChiPitts[63], a megaregion of the United States[64], in United States[65]; and 484 Pittsburghia[66].
Why It Matters
Pittsburgh has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] Pittsburgh is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]
Entities named for Pittsburgh include Pittsburgh International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in United States[49]; Pittsburgh metropolitan area[50], a metropolitan statistical area[51], in United States[52]; Pittsburg[53], a city in the United States[54], in United States[55], founded in 1876[56]; USS Pittsburgh[57], a heavy cruiser[58]; Pittsburg County[59], a county of Oklahoma[60], in United States[61], founded in 1907[62]; and ChiPitts[63], a megaregion of the United States[64], in United States[65].