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New Listings Visit Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Pittsburgh United States Greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau features holiday planning and travel information for area hotels, tours, attractions, meetings, restaurants, sports and recreation for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) Pittsburgh United States Airport and flight information. About Pittsburgh United States Pittsburgh is a medium-sized city with outsized arts, culture and entertainment. Pittsburgh is sited at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers where they merge to form the Ohio River. Pittsburgh is the largest inland port in the United States providing access to 9,000 miles of inland waterways. Pittsburgh has a continental climate, with four seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter and over 200 days of cloud cover per year. The population of Pittsburgh and the surrounding metropolitan area exceeds 2.4 million people. Pittsburgh, the only city rated among the top five Most Liveable in three editions of the Places Rated Almanac, is safe, clean, affordable and fun - qualities that both visitors and residents appreciate. Pittsburgh, once a world leading producer of steel, now focuses on high technology industries such as robotics, health care, tourism, biomedical technology, finance, and services. Education is a major employer in the Pittsburgh area through magnet schools, specialised professional institutes, and highly-ranked universities. The Pittsburgh region is home to many universities and research facilities, the most prominent of which are Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. There are 29 colleges and universities in Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh welcomed generation after generation of immigrants and today the city offers countless ethnic influences including Italian, Greek, Polish, Indian, Irish or many other cultures. An average of 3.9 million people visit Pittsburgh annually. Famous Pittsburgh museums include the Andy Warhol Museum and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh cheers for four major sports teams, the Penguins (ice hockey), Pirates (baseball), Steelers (football), and Riverhounds (soccer). |
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