芝加哥 Chicago

The third American cities, the Great Lakes region's largest industrial center. Located in northeastern Illinois, Michigan Huxi south. Area 590.5 square kilometers and a population 2.784 million (1990), which accounts for about 40% of blacks. Large urban and six from Cook County component, including many of the surrounding satellite towns and Northwest Indiana, LAKESIDE in Zhucheng, 12061.6 sq km area. The Chicago-centered 480 kilometers, focused on the nearly 20% of the population.
LAKESIDE Plain City along the west, north, south start, however. Moderate humid climate. January average temperature -4.3 ° C, an average July temperature of 23.7 ° C, and annual precipitation 875 0.13 wood. Perennial Michigan Yau Shing blowing from the northeast, the "Windy City" was.
1804 River estuary in the Chicago area, was built permanent settlements. In 1833 fur trading posts established on the basis of market towns. A city in 1837. The mid-19th century onwards, the tide of communication five areas of Illinois and the Mississippi River Basin - Michigan Canal built the transcontinental railway in the Pacific, also have access, promote urban industrial and commercial developmentThe early 20th century, the Midwest is the nation's largest grain and meat, milk producing areas, the Great Lakes region of coal, iron, and the development of resources to the central and western regions Chicago quickly became the largest city and transport and industrial center, commercial and financial sector is also increasing prosperity. In Chicago in the international labor movement has a glorious history that the international "May 1" International Labor Day (1886) and the "March 8" Women's Day (1909) originated.
Complete the industrial sector, heavy industry dominated, light industry also is a developed country. Steel is the country's largest base and the meat processing industry, agricultural machinery, transport machinery, chemicals, petrochemicals, electrical, aircraft engines, and printing is a leading country, there are wood processing, paper, electronics, textiles, clothing, flour and other industrial sectors. Industries are mainly distributed in the Chicago and North Canal on both sides of Henan, the center of the city near the industrial zone factories density Lupu very important for the light industrial area; City South Calumet industrial area to large enterprises, mainly in the iron and steel in the heavy chemical industry in the United States is the largest satellite Gary steel joint ventures. Commercial, financial industry to thrive. The city has a huge grain and livestock markets. Trading companies Environment, the famous Sirsroburk company is the nation's largest retail enterprises; Wholesale and retail sales in the domestic list, and is the world's leading mail order center. Financial institutions in the United States reserves the seventh banks and the Midwest Stock Exchange, which is the country's second-largest securities market. Tourism also is a developed country.
Chicago is the largest railway hub, north-central United States over 30 of the rail line the focal point of urban rail chief (over 12,400 km) and the volume (512 million tons) of the tops in major cities around the world in the first place. Highway traffic developed by the Route 12 highway that is the state highway system at the center. In addition, the Great Lakes region is an important lake port, the ships can be an Erie Canal St. hudson r. or sea, the city has three major airports, which the city of the Northwest O'Hare International Airport is the largest area of the United States, the busiest passenger airport, the passenger flow of 3,000 to 4,000 million. Chicago City Center is located in the Chicago area Lupu River estuary area, the most prosperous business districts. Its area only 1% of the city, but focus on the city of about 1 / 6 employees. Chicago Sands Street was box distribution network, stylish modern high-rise building-intensive. 443 meters high, 110 of the Sears Building, the tallest buildings in the United States, is Sears' Luobaike company location; Followed by 346 meters high, the standard of 80 oil blocks and 343.5 meters high, 100-Koch center of the buildings and towers Plaza Building, 1st National Bank such buildings. Lupu in the western limit of the Chicago River into North and South, North Branch and Lake Michigan between the North, the environment beautiful, high class residential, multi-colored cultural and recreational facilities; South Branch and Lake Michigan between Southern and Southern, a tributary of the North Western, mainly industrial area, where blacks, many low standard residential. Chicago city parks, many green, covering nearly 5,000 hectares, LAKESIDE "green" major public recreational places, the Chicago suburbs have large forest reserves. 环游
Large urban areas are 95 universities, built in 1891 to the University of Chicago's international reputation, the school's Oriental Institute and the Museum of Oriental Art treasures to collections known; Also the University of Illinois, Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, famous universities. Other important cultural facilities Institute of the Arts, the Museum of Art, Science and Industry Museum, Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium, historical associations. The war in the center of the city water tower is the oldest city of Chicago fire in 1871 after surviving historical relics.
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