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The flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is based on the coat of arms of the Chatham Family. Pittsburgh is named for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. The city walls above the shield represent the City of Pittsburgh.

In 2004 the flag was ranked number 24 best flag design of 150 city flags by the North American Vexillological Association.^[1]

Contents 1 Description 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

The flag is defined in the Code of Ordinances, City of Pittsburgh, Title I, Article I, Chapter 103,^[2] Section 3 as follows:

§ 103.03 CITY FLAGS.

(a) The following shall be the forms, devices and colors of the City civic flag, ensign, pennant and streamer: the colors in the several forms shall be black and gold, of the hues or tints as expressed upon the pattern, and the exact copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk.

(b) The civic flag, or standard of the City shall be as follows: the material shall be american made bunting or silk of the colors or hues above designated, ten (10) feet in length and six (6) feet in width, or in proportion thereto. The same shall be parted vertically per pale in three (3) equal parts, of which the first and [third] shall be black and the second or middle pale gold. Upon the latter shall be blazoned the City arms, as borne upon the City seal, and the same shall be blazoned upon the middle, and occupyone-third ( 1/3) of the surface thereof.

The civic flag shall be displayed upon public building, at meetings of Councils and upon suitable public occasions, provided that it shall never be displayed in any position that indicates superiority or precedence to the United States flag.

(c) The City ensign or merchant flag shall be composed and parted as provided for the civic flag or standard in subsection (b) hereof; except that instead of the entire City arms there shall be blazoned upon the central pale the crest of the City arms, surrounded by thirteen (13) five-pointed dark blue stars, in a circle, whose diameter shall be four-fifths ( 4/5) of the width of the pale. The length or fly shall be six (6) feet, the depth or hoist four (4) feet six (6) inches or in proportion thereto.

(d) The City pennant shall be a triangular piece of gold bunting five (5) feet in length by four (4) feet in width, or in proportion thereto. In the center thereof shall be placed a black triangular field two (2) feet in width and three (3) feet in length, upon which shall be displayed the crest of the City arms and a circle of blue stars, as borne upon the City ensign.

(e) The City streamer shall be made of materials and colors above indicated two (2) feet in width and fifteen (15) feet in length, or in proportion thereto. The black shall be borne next to the staff, and shall be in length one-fourth ( 1/4) the length of the streamer, and shall bear upon the center thereof the City crest, gold or gilded.

1. ^ NAVA - American City Flags Survey. NAVA Web Site. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.
2. ^ Chapter 103: Official Standards. Code of Ordinances City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.

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