Picture: Cloud Gate (the Bean) at Grand park, Chicago.Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the third-most populous city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents. Adjacent to Lake Michigan, the Chicago metropolitan area (commonly referred to as Chicagoland) has a population of more than 9.7 million people in three U.S. states, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, and was the third largest metropolitan area in 2000. One of the largest cities in North America, Chicago is among the world's twenty-five largest urban areas by population, and rated an alpha world city by the World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University. Chicago is called the "Windy City", "Chi-Town", "Second City," and the "City of Big Shoulders". [Source: wikipedia]
To order a free Chicago official visitors guide, please click the picture below to fill out an simple online form, and your copy will arrive around 7 to 10 days.
Find Your Way Around Town: Find all the best restaurants, hotels, events, attractions and more in this must-have guide to Chicago. View it online or have one sent you, and then pack your bags for one of the world’s most exciting destinations!Source and Link: The Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau-Choose Chicago-the official visitors site for Chicago
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| Nickname(s): The Windy City, The Second City, Chi-Town, Hog Butcher for the World, City of Broad Shoulders, Chi City, The City That Works | |||
| Motto: Latin: Urbs in Horto (English: City in a Garden), Make No Small Plans, I Will | |||
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| Coordinates: 41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.88194, -87.62778 | |||
| Country | United States | ||
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| State | Illinois | ||
| Counties | Cook, DuPage | ||
| Settled | 1770s | ||
| Incorporated | March 4, 1837 | ||
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