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Allegheny County

Allegheny County is the center of the of . It contains the city of and most of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Pittsburgh and Oakland.

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The pleasure of remains a well-kept secret. Though not built up by reputation, the city's unique combination of bridges, steep hills, and broad rivers make it one of the most naturally scenic cities in the country.

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is a bustling college neighborhood on the eastern side of , home to Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. The surrounding area is made up of several distinct neighborhoods, including the pleasant districts of Squirrel Hill and Shadyside.

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Downtown is the main business district and urban center of life in the city. Constrained by the Allegheny River on the north and the Monongahela River on the south, which join to form the Ohio River at what is known as the "Point", Downtown has been forced to grow upwards.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as West Mifflin and Sewickley.

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West Miffin is a city of 20,000 people in Allegheny County, . Its main draws are its amusement park and water park.

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, located 20 minutes by car outside of the city of in western Pennsylvania, is a quaint resort town offering many boutique shops, services, and restaurants.

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is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,479 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

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is a city in Allegheny County, , 12 miles east of . It is a suburb of Pittsburgh, situated at the intersection of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Parkway East which runs to Downtown Pittsburgh.

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is a town on the southern bank of the Ohio River approximately 10 miles west of .

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is an affluent suburb in Allegheny County, , about seven miles south of Downtown . Uptown , a business district along Washington Road in the northern part of the township, is one of the more prominent business districts in the area outside of Pittsburgh itself.

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is a borough of Allegheny County, near . It is located along I-376, between Pittsburgh to the east and and the Pittsburgh International Airport to the west.

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is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is adjacent to the northern border of . The population of the township was 33,176 at the 2020 census.

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is a town in Allegheny County, , about 12 miles west of . It is one of the closest communities to the Pittsburgh International Airport, and it is a primary gateway to the airport.

Allegheny County

Latitude of center
40.4688° or 40° 28′ 8″ north
Longitude of center
-79.9812° or 79° 58′ 52″ west
Population
1,220,000
Elevation
925 feet (282 metres)
Geo­Names ID
5178040
Wiki­data ID
Q156291
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Allegheny County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Allegheny County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أليني”
  • Armenian: “Ալեգինի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu d’Allegheny”
  • Azerbaijani: “Allegeni qraflığı (Pensilvaniya)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Allegeni qraflığı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alleqeyni”
  • Basque: “Allegheny konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Allegheny County, Pennsylvania”
  • Bavarian: “Allegheny County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Алегейні”
  • Belarusian: “Алегейні (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Алегейні”
  • Bishnupriya: “অ্যলেঘেনি কাউন্টি, পেনসিলভানিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “অ্যলেঘেনি কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Алегени”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Allegheny”
  • Cebuano: “Allegheny County”
  • Chechen: “Аллегейни”
  • Chinese: “Allegheny Kūn”
  • Chinese: “亞利加尼縣”
  • Chinese: “阿利根尼縣”
  • Chinese: “阿勒格尼县”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Allegheny, Pennsylvani”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Allegheny”
  • Danish: “Allegheny County”
  • Dutch: “Allegheny County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Allegheny”
  • Estonian: “Allegheny maakond”
  • Finnish: “Alleghenyn piirikunta”
  • French: “Allegheny County”
  • French: “Comte d’Allegheny”
  • French: “comté d’Allegheny”
  • French: “Comté d’Allegheny”
  • Georgian: “ალეგეინის ოლქი”
  • German: “Allegheny County”
  • Gilaki: “الگینی ٚ شأرستان (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “الگینی ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Allegheny County, Pennsylvania”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Αλεγκέινι, Πενσυλβάνια”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Αλεγκέινι”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Αλεγκέινι”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Allegheny-yen”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אלגני”
  • Hungarian: “Allegheny megye”
  • Indonesian: “County Allegheny, Pennsylvania”
  • Indonesian: “County Allegheny”
  • Irish: “Contae Allegheny, Pennsylvania”
  • Irish: “Contae Allegheny”
  • Italian: “contea di Allegheny”
  • Italian: “Contea di Allegheny”
  • Japanese: “アリゲーニー・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “アリゲーニー郡”
  • Japanese: “アリゲイニー・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “アリゲイニー郡”
  • Japanese: “アレゲーニー郡”
  • Japanese: “アレゲニー郡”
  • Korean: “앨러게니 군”
  • Korean: “앨러게니군”
  • Latin: “Allegheny Comitatus”
  • Latin: “Comitatus Alleghenia”
  • Low German: “Allegheny County”
  • Mazanderani: “الگینی شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Allegheny Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Allegheny Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Allegheny County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Allegheny County”
  • Norwegian: “Allegheny County”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Comtat d’Allegheny”
  • Persian: “شهرستان الگینی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان الیگنی، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان الیگنی”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Allegheny”
  • Portuguese: “Allegheny”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Allegheny”
  • Romanian: “Allegheny County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Allegheny, Pennsylvania”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Allegheny”
  • Russian: “Аллегейни”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Allegheny”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Allegheny County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Алегени”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Allegheny County, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Allegheny County”
  • Slovenian: “Allegheny County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Allegheny”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Allegheny, Pensilvania”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Allegheny”
  • Swedish: “Allegheny County”
  • Swedish: “Allegheny”
  • Tatar: “Аллегейни (округ, Пенсильвания)”
  • Tatar: “Аллегейни”
  • Tumbuka: “Allegheny County”
  • Turkish: “Allegheny County, Pa.”
  • Turkish: “Allegheny County, PA”
  • Turkish: “Allegheny County, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “Allegheny County”
  • Turkish: “Allegheny ilçesi, Pa.”
  • Turkish: “Allegheny ilçesi, PA”
  • Turkish: “Allegheny ilçesi, Pensilvanya”
  • Turkish: “Allegheny ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Аллегені”
  • Urdu: “الیگھینی کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا”
  • Urdu: “الیگھینی کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Allegheny”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Allegheny, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Allegheny”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Allegheny, Pennsylvania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Allegheny”
  • Welsh: “Allegheny County, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Allegheny County”
  • Western Panjabi: “الگنی کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “الگنی کاؤنٹی”

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