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Quick Stats about Pittsburgh PA
Pittsburgh and the World
- 2009 Most Livable City in the US by The Economist
- 2009 29th Most Livable City in the World by The Economist
- 2008 13th Best City for Young Professionals by Forbes
- 2007 10th Cleanest City by Forbes
- 2007 Most Livable City Places Rated Almanac (formerly
associated with Rand-McNally)
- Only city to finish in the top 20 of every edition of Places Rated
Almanac
- Pittsburgh has more bridges than Venice, Italy
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Pittsburgh has 16 Sister Cities
- Bilbao, Spain
- Da Nang, Vietnam
- Donetsk, Ukraine
- Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay
- Karmiel, Israel
- Matanzas, Cuba
- Misgav, Israel
- Novokuznetsk, Russia
- Astana, Kazakhstan
- Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Presov, Slovakia
- Saitama, Japan
- San Isidro, Ncaragua
- Sheffield, England
- Skopje, Macedonia
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Wuhan, China
- Zagreb, Croatia
- An average of 3.9 million people visit Pittsburgh annually.
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Geography and Weather
- Total area of 58.3 Square Miles
- Pittsburgh is the largest inland port in the US
- Average temperatures range from 35° in January to 83° in July
- Record low temperature of -22° on January 19, 1994
- Record high temperature of 103° on July 16, 1988
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Population
- As of the 2000 Census, Pittsburgh had 334,000 people, but, in 2006,
it was estimated to have dropped to approximately 312,000.
- Pittsburgh has one of the largest Italian communities in the nation.
- Pittsburgh has the fifth largest Ukrainian community in the nation.
- The City of Pittsburgh is the 56th largest city in the US.
- The Pittsburgh Urbanized area (as defined by the US Census) is the
22nd largest population in the US.
- The Pittsburgh Urbanized area includes Allegheny, Armstrong,
Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties.
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Business in Pittsburgh
- Largest employer is UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh
- Eight Fortune 500 Corporations call Pittsburgh home, ranking
Pittsburgh in a tie as the eight most Fortune 500 headquarters in the
US:
- US Steel
- PPG
- HJ Heniz
- PNC
- Wesco International
- Allegheny Technologies
- Mylan Laboratories
- Consol Energy
- Pittsburgh is also home to five Fortune 1000 Corporations:
- Dick's Sporting Goods
- American Eagle Outfitters
- Kennametal
- Atlas America
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