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This article is about Illinois' largest city. For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation).
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Nickname: "The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, "The City of Big Shoulders" "The 312""
Motto: "Urbs In Horto" (Latin: "City in a Garden"), "I Will"

Location in Chicagoland and Illinois
Coordinates: 41°54′N 87°39′W
Country United States
State Illinois
County Cook
Incorporated March 4, 1837
Mayor Richard M. Daley (D)
Area
- City 606.2 km² (234.0 sq mi)
- Land 588.3 km² (227.2 sq mi)
- Water 17.9 km² (6.9 sq mi) 3.0%
- Urban 5,498.1 km² (2,122.8 sq mi)
- Metro 28,163 km² (10,874 sq mi)
Elevation 179 m (587 ft)
Population (2005)
- City 2,842,518
- Density 4,867/km² (12,604/sq mi)
- Urban 8,711,000
- Metro 9,443,356
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Website: egov.cityofchicago.org
Chicago is a major city in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city is the largest in the Midwest and the third-most populous city in the United States, with approximately 2.8 million people. The Chicago Metropolitan area, informally known as Chicagoland, has a population of 9.4 million in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana making it the third largest in the United States.[1] Chicago is located along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and is a major center of transportation, industry, politics, culture, finance, medicine and higher education. Chicago is informally called the "Second City," the "Windy City," the "City of Big Shoulders" (from Carl Sandburg's poem Chicago), and "Chi-town."

Today, Chicago is the financial, business, and cultural capital of the Midwest, and is recognized worldwide as an Alpha Global City. Chicago was founded 1833 as a town to link the Great Lakes with the Mississippi River system. It soon became a transportation hub of the Northwest Territory, with major connections by steamboats, canals and (by 1855), railroads. By 1890, it was one of the ten most influential world cities.[2]