• Chicago
  • Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haibei

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.

Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of Qinghai Province, is located in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and on the western edge of the Loess Plateau. It has a total area of 34389.89 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over three counties and one autonomous county. In 2017, it has a resident population of 283000. There are 36 sites in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture which have been announced by the people's Government of Qinghai Province. Among them, the national cultural relics protection units are Xihai County Zhilongyi City in the Western Han Dynasty; there are 11 cultural relics protection units at the provincial level; more than 40 tombs have been cleared and more than 700 cultural relics have been unearthed. This is also the place where Mr. Wang Luobin collected the style when he wrote the famous song "in that distant place". In 2017, the gross domestic product of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture was 8.291 billion yuan, down 20.3% from the previous year at comparable prices.
Travel Sights In Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haibei
Travel Notes In Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haibei
Travel Asks In Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haibei