Chicago

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Chicago
—  City  —
From top left: Chicago Theatre, the Willis Tower, the University of Chicago, the skyline from the Museum Campus, Navy Pier, the Field Museum, and Crown Fountain in Millennium Park

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Nickname(s): The Windy City, The Second City, Chi-Town, Hog Butcher for the World, City of Big Shoulders, The City That Works, and others found at List of nicknames for Chicago
Motto: Latin: Urbs in Horto (English: City in a Garden), Make Big Plans (Make No Small Plans), I Will
Location in the Chicago metropolitan area and Illinois

Chicago

Location in the United States
Coordinates: 87°41′4″W / 41.83694°N 87.68444°W / 41.83694; -87.68444
Country  United States
State  Illinois
Counties Cook, DuPage
Settled 1770s
Incorporated March 4, 1837
Named for Miami-Illinois: shikaakwa
("Wild onion")
Seat Cook County
Government
 - Type Mayor-council
 - Mayor Richard M. Daley
 - City Council
 - State House
 - State Senate
 - U.S. House
Area
 - City 234.0 sq mi (606.1 km²)
 - Land 227.2 sq mi (588.4 km²)
 - Water 6.9 sq mi (17.9 km²)  3.0%
 - Urban 2,122.8 sq mi (5,498 km²)
 - Metro 10,874 sq mi (28,163.5 km²)
Elevation 597 ft (182 m)
Population (2009)[1]
 - City 2,853,114 (3rd U.S.)
 - Density 12,649/sq mi (4,883.8/km²)
 - Urban 8,711,000
 - Metro 9,785,747
 - Demonym Chicagoan
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 312, 773, 872
Website www.cityofchicago.org
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Chicago ( /ʃɨˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (help·info) or /ʃɨˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is the third largest city in the United States in terms of population, and with more than 2.8 million people, the largest city in the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States. Located on the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan, bordering the Illinois-Indiana State Line, Chicago is the third-most densely populated major city in the U.S.,[3] and anchor to the world's 26th largest metropolitan area[4] with about 9.6 million people across three states.[5][6] The Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA also grew by an estimated 470,995 people between April 1, 2000 and July 1, 2008.[7] Except for the southwest corner of O'Hare International Airport which is in DuPage County, the city of Chicago is located in Cook County.