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| Geography |
Location in the state of Pennsylvania |
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| Pittsburgh is located at 40°26'29" North, 79°58'38" West (40.441419, -79.977292). |
| According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 151.1 km˛ (58.3 mi˛). 144.0 km˛ (55.6 mi˛) of it is land and 7.2 km˛ (2.8 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 4.75% water.
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| Pittsburgh is located at the center of a fairly expansive set of river valleys, and much of the city's residential population is situated on or near the slopes of those valleys with certain neighborhoods (particularly south of the Monongahela) nearly inaccessible by car during the winter. As a result, Pittsburgh is widely believed to be right behind San Francisco as the "steepest" city in the United States. A pair of "inclines", or trams (cable cars on inclined rails) ascend the slope of Mount Washington, assist in local public transportation; several tunnels are major access routes through the slopes. Pittsburgh has more public staircases (700) than any other city in the United States, followed by Cincinnati and San Francisco. Many of these staircases have street names and street signs, and lead to hillside neighborhoods that can be inaccessible by car, especially in the winter. Pittsburgh has been called a "poor man's San Francisco".
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