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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.

Karamay City, one of the four prefecture-level cities in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is resident in Karamay District. It is an important national petroleum and petrochemical base and a new type of industrialized city built in Xinjiang. Karamay is located in the west of Junggar Basin, the central area of Eurasia and Pan-Central Asia, and is the gathering area of the world's petroleum and petrochemical industry. Karamay, the Uyghur language means "black oil". Karamay is a city named after oil, named after a group of natural asphalt hills in the northeast corner of the city. Karamay is the first large oil field to be explored and developed since the founding of New China. It was founded in 1958. In 2002, its crude oil output exceeded 10 million tons, making it the first large oil field in western China with a crude oil output of more than 10 million tons. Kramer, December 20, 2011
Travel Sights In Kelamayi、Karamay
Travel Notes In Kelamayi、Karamay
Walking with Junpai D80, driving Xinjiang to experience the style of the Millennium Silk Road
When the word Xinjiang is mentioned, one thinks of the vast beauty of the northwest. The sunset on the sandbar, the westerly wind on the ancient road.
Lazy and quiet hours in Karamay
On the afternoon of 7.12, we arrived in Karamay City and stayed at the Karamay Pearl Hotel, which is not far from the Karamay River. I heard that the
Dream Labyrinth - World Devil City
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A good place to travel in the beginning of autumn: Zhangzhou Linglong Valley
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