Pittsburg (California)

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Pittsburg
Old Town Pittsburg
Location in California
Pittsburg
Basic data
Foundation :	1849
State :	United States
State :	California
County :	Contra Costa County
Coordinates :	38 ° 1 ′  N , 121 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 1 ′  N , 121 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone :	Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents :	70,679 (as of 2016)
Population density :	1,749.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	43.6 km 2  (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 40.4 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	8 m
Postal code :	94565
Area code :	+1 925
FIPS :	06-57456
GNIS ID :	1659783
Website :	www.ci.pittsburg.ca.us
Mayor :	Will Casey

Pittsburg is a city in Contra Costa County in the US state of California , United States , with 70,679 inhabitants (as of 2016). The geographical coordinates are: 38.02 ° North, 121.89 ° West. The urban area has a size of 43.6 km².

Name variants

The city has a few different names:

• Black Diamond
• City of New York of the Pacific
• New York of the Pacific
• Pittsburgh

Town twinning

City partnerships exist with the following cities:

•  Isola delle Femmine , Italy
•  Pohang , South Korea
•  Shimonoseki , Japan
•  Wenzhou , China
•  Municipio Yahualica de González Gallo , Mexico

sons and daughters of the town

• Karen Vogtmann (* 1949), mathematician
• Scott Molina (* 1960), triathlete and Ironman world champion
• James Page (born 1971), welterweight boxer
• Dante Basco (* 1975), actor, dancer and rapper

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981). 31-Dec-1981. Primarily from US Geological Survey 1: 24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1: 25K, Puerto Rico 1: 20K) and from US Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1: 62,500 scale or 1: 250,000 scale maps
2. ^ ^{A b} Gudde, Erwin G. California Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1949. p265
3. ^ Sister City Links. In: ci.pittsburg.ca.us. Retrieved May 10, 2019 . 
4. ↑ www.wenzhou.gov.cn: City friendships . Retrieved July 11, 2019.