Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie
	Ceety
	Ceety o Pittsburgh
	Clockwise: Cathedral o Learning at the Varsity o Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh skyline; Carnegie Mellon Varsity; PNC Park; Duquesne Incline
	Banner Coat airms
	Eik-name(s): Ceety o Brigs, Steel Ceety, ; Ceety o Champions, The 'Burgh
	Motto(s): Benigno Numine
	Location in Allegheny Coonty, Pennsylvanie
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie Location in the US
	Coordinates: 40°26′30″N 80°00′00″W / 40.44167°N 80.00000°WCoordinates: 40°26′30″N 80°00′00″W / 40.44167°N 80.00000°W
Kintra	Unitit States
Commonweel	Pennsylvanie
Coonty	Allegheny
Historic Empires
Historic Colonies
Settled	1717
Foondit	November 27, 1758
Municipal incorporation	Aprile 16, 1771 (Tounship); Aprile 22, 1794 (Borough); Mairch 18, 1816 (Ceety)
Foondit bi	George Washington,; General John Forbes
Named for	"The Great Commoner": Prime Meenister William Pitt
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-Cooncil
• Mayor	Bill Peduto (D)
• Ceety Cooncil	Councilmembers
• State Hoose	Representatives
• State Senate	Jim Ferlo (D); Jay Costa (D)
• U.S. House	Mike Doyle (D)
Area
• Ceety	151 km2 (58.3 sq mi)
• Laund	144 km2 (55.5 sq mi)
• Water	7 km2 (2.8 sq mi) 4.8%
• Metro	13,840 km2 (5343 sq mi)
Highest elevation	420 m (1370 ft)
Lowest elevation	220 m (710 ft)
Population (2013)
• Ceety	305,841
• Rank	US: 62nt
• Density	2,140/km2 (5540/sq mi)
• Urban	1,733,853 (US: 27t)
• Metro	2,360,867 (US: 22nt)
• CSA	2659937 (US: 20t)
• GMP	$131.3 billion (23rd)
Demonym(s)	Pittsburgher or Yinzer
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastren Staundart Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastren Daylicht Time)
ZIP Code	32 tot ZIP codes: 15106, 15120–15121, 15203–15208, 15210–15222, 15224, 15226–15227, 15230, 15232–15234, 15237, 15239, 15289;
Area code(s)	412, 724, 878
FIPS code	42-61000
GNIS feature ID	1213644
Expressways
Watterways	Ohio River,; Monongahela River,; Allegheny River, ; Chartiers Creek,; Saw Mill Run, ; Becks Run
Transit	Port Authority Transit,; Univ. o Pittsburgh Transit
Rail	Penn Station ; Capitol Limited, Pennsylvanian
Website	PittsburghPA.gov

Pittsburgh (pronounced /ˈpɪtsbərɡ/^{(deprecatit template)}) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in the U.S. Commonweel o Pennsylvanie an the coonty seat o Allegheny Coonty. Regionally, it anchors the lairgest urban aurie o Appalachie^[2] an the Ohio River Valley, an naitionally, it is the 22nt-lairgest urban aurie in the Unitit States.^[3]^[4] The estimatit population o the ceety in 2009 wis 311,647,^[5] while the seiven-coonty metropolitan aurie wis estimatit at 2,354,957.^[6] Dountoun Pittsburgh retains substantial economic influence, rankin at 25t in the naition for jobs athin the urban core an 6t in job density.^[7] The characteristic shape o Pittsburgh's central business destrict is a triangular tract carved bi the confluence o the Allegheny an Monongahela rivers, which form the Ohio River. The ceety features 151 heich-rise biggins,^[8] 446 brigs,^[9] twa inclined railways, an a pre-revolutionary fortification. Pittsburgh is kent colloquially as "The Ceety o Brigs" an "The Steel Ceety" for its mony brigs an umwhile steel manufacturin base.