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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.

Panzhihua, a prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, is located at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan in southwest China, at the southernmost tip of Sichuan, 614km north of Chengdu and 273km south of Kunming, connecting Lijiang and Dali to the west. It is located in the middle and south section of Panxi Rift Valley, belonging to erosion, denudation of Zhongshan hills and mountain valleys; long summer, four seasons are not distinct, but drought and rainy seasons are distinct; the city's total area is 7440.398 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 3 districts and 2 counties. In 2017, the registered population was 1.0944 million. Panzhihua is the only city named after flowers in China, which enjoys the reputation of "Flower is a city and a city is a flower". Panzhihua is the first city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, where Jinsha River and Yalong River meet. Panzhihua is the southward gateway of Sichuan and the closest point of Sichuan to South and Southeast Asia. Panzhihua is the only Asia in Sichuan.
Airport In Panzhihua - Panzhihua Baoanying Airport
Panzhihua Baoanying Airport (Panzhihua Baoanying Airport, IATA: PZI, ICAO: ZUZH), located on Airport Road, Renhe District, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province, China, 9 kilometers northwest of Panzhihua City Center, is a 4C-level domestic feeder airport in China, which belongs to the plateau airport ( 1980.2 m).
On December 6, 2003, Panzhihua Baoanying Airport was completed and opened to traffic   ; On July 28, 2011, Panzhihua Baoanying Airport was suspended; on June 29, 2013, Panzhihua Baoanying Airport resumed operations   .
The terminal area of ​​Panzhihua Baoanying Airport is 3,500 square meters; there are 8 C-class aircraft seats on the civil aviation platform; the runway is 2,800 meters long and 45 meters wide; it can meet the annual passenger throughput of 300,000 passengers and 4,000 tons of cargo and mail throughput. need   .
In 2019, Panzhihua Baoanying Airport handled a total of 547,023 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 42.0%, ranking 138th in the country; cargo and mail throughput was 1,700.1 tons, a year-on-year increase of 27.8%, ranking 105th in the country; aircraft movements took off and landed 5,668 , a year-on-year increase of 42.2%, ranking 160th in the country   .
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