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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.

Gangnan District is under the jurisdiction of Guigang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region. it is a county-level district established after the prefecture-level Guigang City was established in 1996. It is located on the banks of the Yuhe River in the Xijiang Valley of the Golden Waterway, southeast of Guigang City, on the south bank of Yujiang River, adjacent to Xingye County in the east, Pubei County in the south, Hengxian County in the west, and Gangbei District and Guiping City in the north. In the southern part of Hong Kong, there are double tracks of Li-Zhan Railway and National Highway 324, Nanning-Guangzhou Expressway runs through the whole territory, and the Xijiang River in the golden waterway flows through four villages and towns in the area, and it can pass through thousand-ton freighters all the year round, directly to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. It is an important transportation hub in Guangxi and an important channel for the export of materials in the southwest. By the end of 2010, Hong Kong South District has a total area of 1089 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 6 towns, 2 townships and 1 street, 165 village committees with a population of 635600.
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