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Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (listen) shih-KAH-goh, locally also /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/ shih-KAW-goh) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the third-most populous in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is also the most populous city in the Midwest. As the seat of Cook County (the second-most populous U.S. county), the city is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, one of the largest in the world.

On the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century; by 1860, Chicago was the youngest U.S. city to exceed a population of 100,000. The Great Chicago Fire in 1871 destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but Chicago's population continued to grow to 503,000 by 1880 and then doubled to more than a million within the decade. The construction boom accelerated population growth throughout the following decades, and by 1900, less than 30 years after the fire, Chicago was the fifth-largest city in the world. Chicago made noted contributions to urban planning and zoning standards, including new construction styles (such as, Chicago School architecture, the development of the City Beautiful Movement, and the steel-framed skyscraper).

Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It is the site of the creation of the first standardized futures contracts, issued by the Chicago Board of Trade, which today is part of the largest and most diverse derivatives market in the world, generating 20% of all volume in commodities and financial futures alone. O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among the world's top six busiest airports according to tracked data by the Airports Council International. The region also has the largest number of federal highways and is the nation's railroad hub. The Chicago area has one of the highest gross domestic products (GDP) in the world, generating $689 billion in 2018. The economy of Chicago is diverse, with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. It is home to several Fortune 500 companies, including Archer Daniels Midland, Conagra Brands, Exelon, JLL, Kraft Heinz, McDonald's, Mondelez International, Motorola Solutions, Sears, and United Airlines Holdings.

Xinxiang City is a prefecture-level city in Henan Province. Xinxiang City is located in the north of Henan Province, the center is located in 35 °18km north latitude, 113o 54km east longitude, facing the Yellow River to the south, facing Zhengzhou City and Kaifeng City across the river; Taihang City to the north, adjacent to Hebi City and Anyang City; Jiaozuo City to the west and Shanxi Province to the west; Puyang City to the east and Shandong City to the east, with a total area of 8249 square kilometers. Xinxiang City belongs to the North China plate, is located in the Yellow River and Haihe River basins, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, the north is mainly Taihang Mountains and hills and hills, the south is the Yellow River alluvial fan plain, the plain accounts for 78% of the city's total land area, is a warm temperate continental climate, the average temperature over the years is 14 ℃, the average annual precipitation is 573.4 mm. In the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China, Xinxiang was the capital of Pingyuan Province and the northern part of Henan Province.
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