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Today's Pittsburgh is no longer a city of grimy steel and coal industries: nowadays it's teeming with culture, beauty and civic pride. Although it's still in many ways a blue-collar town, it's as comfortable with Carnegie museums as it is with the Steelers football team.
Fast Facts
Population
334,563
Currency
Name: US Dollar
Code: USD
Symbol: US$
Electrical Plugs
110V 60Hz
Languages Spoken
Essential: English
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -5
Country Dialing Code
+1
Weights & Measures
Imperial
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