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Nicknames: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi-Town, Chi-City, Hog Butcher for the World, The City That Works, and others found at List of nicknames for Chicago | |
Motto(s): Latin: Urbs in Horto (City in a Garden), Make Big Plans (Make No Small Plans), I Will | |
Coordinates: 41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
Counties | Cook, DuPage |
Settled | 1770s |
Incorporated | March 4, 1837 |
Named for | Miami-Illinois: shikaakwa ("Wild onion") |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–council |
• Mayor | Rahm Emanuel (D) |
Area | |
• City | 234.0 sq mi (606.1 km2) |
• Land | 227.2 sq mi (588 km2) |
• Water | 6.9 sq mi (18 km2) 3.0% |
• Urban | 2,122.8 sq mi (5,498 km2) |
• Metro | 10,874 sq mi (28,160 km2) |
Elevation | 597 ft (182 m) |
Population | |
• City | 2,707,120 |
• Rank | 3rd US |
• Density | 11,864.4/sq mi (4,447.4/km2) |
• Urban | 8,711,000 |
• Metro | 9,461,105 |
Demonym | Chicagoan |
Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 312, 773, 872 |
Website | cityofchicago.org |
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Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ ⓘ or /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is a city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and is the third most populous city in the United States, and the most populous city in the American Midwest with over 2.7 million residents.[1] Its metropolitan area (also called "Chicagoland"), which extends into Indiana and Wisconsin, is the third-largest in the United States, after those of New York City and Los Angeles,[4][5][6] with an estimated 9.8 million people. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County,[7] though a small portion of the city limits also extend into DuPage County.
Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed.[8] Today, Chicago is listed as an alpha+ global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranks seventh in the world in the 2012 Global Cities Index. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, telecommunications, and transportation, with O'Hare International Airport being the second-busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements.
In 2008[update], Chicago hosted 45.6 million international and domestic visitors.[9] Among metropolitan areas, Chicago has the fourth-largest gross domestic product (GDP) in the world, just behind Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles, and ranking ahead of London and Paris.[10] Chicago is one of the most important Worldwide Centers of Commerce and trade.
Chicago's notability has found expression in numerous forms of popular culture, including novels, plays, films, songs, various types of journals (for example, sports, entertainment, business, trade, and academic), and the news media. The city has many nicknames, which reflect the impressions and opinions about historical and contemporary Chicago. The best-known include: "Chi-town," "Windy City" and "Second City." [n 1]