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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.

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County is one of the counties under the jurisdiction of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, which is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, this place has been an integral part of southwest China. The fortress of northwest Yunnan is one of the post transportation channels leading to India, Burma, Kangzang and Tibet, and it is also the meeting point of the "tea-horse exchange market" in ancient northwest Yunnan. As of 2014, Weixi County has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 7 townships, a total of 3 communities and 79 villages. At the end of 2012, the total population of Weixi Lisu Autonomous County was 154127, of which the agricultural population was 137717, accounting for 89.35% of the total population. In 2012, the total output value of Weixi Lisu Autonomous County reached 2.65673 billion yuan, and the proportion of the added value of primary, secondary and tertiary industries was 14.79, 32.93, 5.
Travel Notes In Weixi
Preliminary Exploration of the Secret Area in Northwest Yunnan
Because of work, I went to the company's most remote project with interesting colleagues in early May, so I had this unusual experience. In the past p
Why in Diqing, Yunnan, there is a saying that in the year of the sheep, the Meili Snow Mountain will be transferred, and in the year of the monkey, it will be transferred to the Bodhidharma Patriarch Cave?
Looking west from Qizong Xiangbi Mountain in Weixi County, Diqing Prefecture, there is a mountain that looks like a huge Buddha sitting between the sk
Weixi Tourism——Ask the Great God to Identify the Unknown Plants Discovered in Weixi Anjiluo
During the small holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2018, I went to Nanjiluo (also known as Nanjieluo by the locals) in Badi Township, Weixi Count
【Looking for Yunnan】Walking Baby in the South of Colorful Clouds (Lijiang, Shuhe, Dali, Weixi)
South of Caiyun, a place where you want to go just by hearing the name. Finally, when our "talented" little classmate turned three years old and could
Travel Asks In Weixi
Travel Asks In Weixi