Chicago
Population: 2800000 .- which accounts for about 40% of blacks
Area: 230 sq miles (600 sq km)
Elevation: 580 feet (175 meters)
Regional Code: in the Loop area - 312 Other - 773
Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, the Great Lakes region’s largest industrial centre. In Illinois, north-east of the southern tip of Michigan Huxi.
From the urban areas, such as Cook County, composed of six, including around many small towns, as well as the Northwest Indiana, in Zhucheng LAKESIDE area 1,2061.6 square kilometers. To Chicago for the 480-kilometre radius of the centre, on the country’s nearly 20 percent of the population.
Westward along the shore Plain City, North, the South started lying flat. Moderate and moist climate. January average temperature - 4.3 ℃, and the average July temperature of 23.7 ℃ and annual rainfall of 875 mm. Winds from the perennial Lake Michigan northeasterly winds, it is the “wind City,” said.
1804 in the Chicago River estuary area residents before they began to settle. 1833 in the fur trading post established on the basis of market towns. 1837 City. The mid-19th century, the Great Lakes region and the communication of the Illinois Mississippi Valley into the Mississippi River, the Central Pacific Railway Guangguandailiu also have access, promoting urban industrial and commercial development. In the early 20th century, the Midwest is the nation’s largest grain and meat, milk producing areas, the Great Lakes region, coal, iron and other resources development, the Chicago quickly became the largest city in the central and western regions, and transport and industrial centre. Commercial and financial industry are becoming increasingly prosperous. Chicago in the international labor movement has a glorious history, the international “May 1″ Labor Day (1886) and the “March 8″ Women’s Day (1909) originated.
Chicago complete the industrial sector, heavy industry dominated, light industry also is a developed country. Is the country’s largest iron and steel base and the meat processing industry, agricultural machinery, transport machinery, chemicals, petrochemicals, electronics, aircraft engines, and printing is also a leading country, and timber processing, paper, electronics, textiles, clothing, flour, and other industrial sectors. Industrial mainly distributed in the Chicago and North Canal on both sides of Henan, of which nearly centre of the city Lupu industrial zone factories great density, light industry is important; City South Calumet industrial area to large enterprises, mainly on the heavy steel the chemical industry, in the United States satellite Gary largest steel joint venture. Commercial, financial industry flourish. The city has a huge grain and livestock market. Over 3,000 trade companies, the famous Xiershiluobaike company is the nation’s largest retail enterprises in the domestic wholesale and retail sales top, and is the world’s leading mail order center. United States financial institutions seventh Reserve Bank and the central and western areas, such as the Stock Exchange, which is the country’s second-largest securities market. Tourism also is a developed country.
Chicago is the largest railway hub, the United States middle of the rail line more than 30 the focal point of urban rail line length (over 12,400 km) and the cargo (512 million tons) tops the world’s major cities first. Highway traffic developed by the Route 12 highway this is the state highway system at the centre. In addition, the Great Lakes region is an important lake Hong Kong, the Erie Canal ships can be a Kazakhstan in the St. Lawrence River Xunhe or sea, the city has three major airports, including O’Hare International Airport is the largest area of the United States, the passenger busiest airport, the passenger volume of 3000 - 4000 million.