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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.

Huailai County, which belongs to Hebei Province, is located in the northwest of Hebei Province, bordering Beijing in the east and Zhang Jinmeng in the west. Shacheng is 120 kilometers away from Beijing in the east and 87 kilometers away from Zhangjiakou in the west. Huailai County has a total area of 1801 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 11 towns, 6 townships and 279 administrative villages. Among them, 6 townships and 17 villages are bordered by Yanqing, Changping and Mentougou in Beijing, with a border length of 115 kilometers. The total population of the county is 365000, the forest coverage rate is 50.8%, and the average number of days above the second grade of air quality is 224 days a year. Huailai is the first batch of grain base counties in Hebei Province and the provincial "Shuanghuan" vegetable basket base, the hometown of grapes and wine in China, the top 100 counties in national economic forest construction, state-level garden counties, important water sources in the capital, and the hometown of Dong Cunrui, the national fighting hero. 2018
Airport In Huailai County - Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport
Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport (Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport, IATA: ZQZ, ICAO: ZBZJ), located on Airport Road, Qiaodong District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, China, 9 kilometers away from the center of Qiaodong District, Zhangjiakou City, is a 4C-level domestic branch airport for military and civilian use   .
Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport was built in 1935 and was called Yulin Airport at that time; on May 9, 2010, the airport began military-civilian reconstruction project   ;On June 16, 2013, Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport officially opened civil aviation business   ; On August 3, 2020, the T2 terminal of Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport opened   .
As of February 2021, Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport has 2 terminals, of which the T1 terminal covers an area of ​​5,400 square meters and the T2 terminal covers an area of ​​13,900 square meters; the civil aviation station has 14 C-class seats; the runway is 3,000 square meters long. meters and a width of 45 meters; it can meet the needs of an annual passenger throughput of 1 million passengers and 10,700 aircraft takeoffs and landings      .
In 2021, Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport will handle a total of 464,638 passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 17.1%, ranking 132nd in the country; cargo and mail throughput will be 39.4 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 43.8%, ranking 196th in the country; A year-on-year decrease of 23.7%, ranking 167th in the country   .
Travel Notes In Huailai County
Strolling on the Yunzhong Grassland in Huailai, looking up at the picture scroll of heaven and earth (Wang Zhiming)
The ancient and majestic Yanshan Mountains, when they reach Huailai, Zhangjiakou, become mountains extending from the northwest and southwest. Here, t
You can soak in the red wine bath for 38 yuan in Huailai Qingwa Water Village, and you will regret it for a lifetime if you don’t
Red wine bath, rose bath, slate bath, Vichy bath, these kinds of special hot springs generally need to be consumed separately in other hot springs, bu
Shanxi, Hebei, and Mongolia enter Yanqing, the gateway to Beijing. Looking north from Zhangshanying Town, the continuous mountain peaks form a natural barrier
Zhangshanying Town is located in the northwest of Yanqing District, Beijing. It is the first gateway for Shanxi, Hebei, Mongolia and other provinces t
Huailai Begonia Flower Festival: Counting Octagonal Begonias and Watching Huailai
Baleng crabapple is actually a plant of the apple subfamily. It has another name called Huailai crabapple. This nickname is really clear at a glance,
Travel Asks In Huailai County
Travel Asks In Huailai County