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Abantu abaninzi bacinga ukuba iPittsburgh ibe yenye yezixeko ezinkulu zaseMelika ngokubaluleka kwabantu kwaye bayamangalisa ukuba ayenzanga ukwenza i-50 ephezulu. Ngokwe-US Census data ukusuka ngo-2010, i-Pittsburgh ihamba phantsi kweedolophu abaninzi abantu bakholelwa ukuba bancinci kuquka ECleveland, eColumbus, eMinneapolis, eKansas City, eNashville, eTulsa, eAnaheim nakwiWitchita, eKansas.
I-Pittsburgh njengamanje isixeko sama-56 esikhulu kunazo zonke eMelika, ukusuka ngomhla we-8 ngo-1910.
Ekufuphi iColumbus, OH, ngokuchaseneyo, ibhalwe kwi # #. I-Pittsburgh ilahlekelwe malunga nesiqingatha sabemi bayo ukususela ekupheleni kwayo kwenkulungwane ye-20, kodwa ke ke ezinye iidolophu ezininzi njengoko abantu bakhetha ukuphuma baye emadlelweni. Nangona kunjalo, uya kumangaliswa ukuva ukuba iPittsburgh isabemi kakhulu kunezixeko ezilishumi eziphezulu kwilizwe ezingama-281,000.
Amaqiniso kunye namanani
Isizathu esikhulu sokuba iPittsburgh ibonakale iyancipha xa ezinye iidolophu - ezifana neHouston, iPhoenix neSan Diego - zihlala zixhamla kwiindawo zemizi yaloo mizi ehlala ingatshintshi kwiintsuku zehashe kunye nezigulane, ngelixa iidolophu zaseSel Belt ukuqhubeka nokunyusa amadlelo abo. I-Houston ihamba ukusuka kwiikhilomitha ezili-17 eziqhelekileyo ngo-1910 ukuya kwiiyure ezili-579 ezili-2000 ngonyaka wama-2000. I-Phoenix ngoku idla amaxesha angaphezu kwama-27 kwingingqi echazwe ngowe-1950, kwaye iSan Diego inokuphindaphinda kathathu ngobukhulu ngexesha elifanayo. I-Pittsburgh, ngokuchaseneyo, ayinakwandisa imida yaloo mzi ukususela kwisihlomelo sase-Allegheny City (ngoku i-North Side) ngo-1907.
Isixeko esiqhelekileyo siquka kwi-Top 10 yeMelika ngamamayela angama-340 square, ngaphezu kwamaxesha angama-6 ubukhulu bendawo yasePittsburgh, kwii-56 zeekhilomitha ezili-1. Lawo maxi-metropolises asasaze kwaye agxininisa amadlelo ayo, awandise isiseko serhafu sedolophu ukubandakanya abantu abaninzi njengoko banako. I-San Diego, encinane kwiidolophu ezili-10 iphantse ubukhulu be-Allegheny County (okuthi, ngokukhawuleza, ihlelwe kwi-# 30 phakathi kwezona zikhulu zikhulu zase-US).
Isixeko esiqhelekileyo siquka kwi-Top 10 yeMelika ngamamayela angama-340 square, ngaphezu kwamaxesha angama-6 ubukhulu bendawo yasePittsburgh, kwii-56 zeekhilomitha ezili-1. Lawo maxi-metropolises asasaze kwaye agxininisa amadlelo ayo, awandise isiseko serhafu sedolophu ukubandakanya abantu abaninzi njengoko banako. I-San Diego, encinane kwiidolophu ezili-10 iphantse ubukhulu be-Allegheny County (okuthi, ngokukhawuleza, ihlelwe kwi-# 30 phakathi kwezona zikhulu zikhulu zase-US).
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Ukuba umda weedolophu wasePittsburgh wandisa ukuba ube neendawo ezifana naso nawuphi na umzi ophezulu we-10, wawuya kwandisa isibalo sabemi ukusuka kuma-330,000 ukuya kwii-1 ezigidi, okwenza iPittsburgh ibe ngumzi wesithoba kwisikhulu kunabo bonke.
Indawo yase-Pittsburgh ye-Urbanized Area (UA), indawo echazwe yiBalo lwabantu base-United States njengesixeko kunye namadlelo ayo, ibeka kwi-# 22 e-US kubemi kunye no-# 24 e-US ngokwemimandla yomhlaba okanye i-sprawl (iikhilomitha ezili-181.7). Emva koko kukho indawo yaseStatburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (indawo echazwe yiCensus Bureau njengoko ihlanganisa ii-counties zase-Allegheny, i-Armstrong, i-Beaver, i-Butler, i-Fayette, i-Washington kunye ne-Westmoreland). Ukusebenzisa loo manani, i-Pittsburgh iphakathi kwama-21 angama-21 ngokubhekiselele kubemi baseMelika.
Ngokwenene, onke awona manani.
Ngokubhekiselele kubemi beendawo ezihlala kwindawo enkulu yasePittsburgh, isixeko sinokuba kwindawo ethile kwiindawo eziphezulu. I-Pittsburgh yidolophu enkulu yaseMerika, eneedolophu ezincinane ngokwaneleyo ukuhamba ngokulula ukusuka kwesinye icala ukuya kwelinye. Inayo yonke ubugcisa, inkcubeko, kunye nezinto ezinokulindela ezivela kwisixeko esikhulu, ngentliziyo, kumnandi kunye nokuvakalelwa komncinane. UFred Rogers wambiza iPittsburgh enye yezona "dolophu ezincinci" zaseMelika. Wamkelekile kummandla.