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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.

Longchang is a county-level city hosted by Neijiang City in Sichuan Province, which is located in the southeast of Sichuan Province and the southern end of Neijiang City. The ground span ranges from 105 degrees 02 to 105 degrees 26 degrees east longitude and from 29 degrees 11 to 29 degrees 32 degrees north latitude. It is adjacent to Rongchang District of Chongqing City in the east, Lu County of Luzhou City in the south, Fushun County of Zigong City and Daan District of Zigong City in the west, Dongxing District in the north, 210 kilometers away from Chengdu and 138 kilometers away from Chongqing. Longchang covers an area of 794.41 square kilometers; it has jurisdiction over 2 streets and 13 towns; it has a total population of 778000 in 2015; in 2015, Longchang achieved a GDP of 23.3 billion yuan and a per capita GDP of 36096 yuan. Belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate, the annual average temperature is 17.7 ℃, the frost-free period is 324 days, and the annual rainfall is 10%.
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