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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.

Xinlong County, which belongs to Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located in the middle of Ganzi Prefecture in Sichuan Province and the southeast edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It belongs to the contact zone between West Sichuan Mountain Plain and Hengduan Mountains. Xinlong County is connected with Luhuo County and Daofu County to the east, Yajiang County and Litang County to the south, Baiyu County to the west, Ganzi County to the north, Dege County to the northwest, and latitude 30 °23 to 31 °32 'and longitude 99 °37 to 100 °54' east. The terrain of Xinlong County is high in the north and low in the south. The highest elevation is 5992 meters and the lowest point is 2760 meters above sea level. Ganzi Xinlong Highway to the north of Xinlong County is connected with National Highway 317 via 100 kilometers. By the end of 2013, Xinlong County has an area of 9182.74 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 1 town, 18 townships and 1 street office, with a total population of 49833. 2013
Travel Notes In Xinlong County
From June to August, summer vacation trip to Yading, Daocheng, Sichuan + Xinlong Cuoka Lake Seda Wuming Buddhist Academy
From June to August, the summer vacation is coming soon, follow us to the prairie in Ganzi! Experience the charm of nature and humanity at zero distan
The "beauty lake" under the snow mountain - Tsoka Lake
Tsoka Lake is located in Xinlong County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, and is known as "a fairyland on earth, a fairyland in nine days". Tsoka L
Dream back to West Sichuan——Siguniang Mountain, Danba, Xinlong, Daocheng tour (detailed traffic and hotel strategy included)
Last night, I had a dream. I dreamed that I went back to the west of Sichuan, riding a horse and galloping on the vast grassland under the blue sky an
Nine-Day Tour of Small Ring Road in West Sichuan
The road to Shu is no longer difficult, and the natural moat becomes a thoroughfare Since the self-driving tour in western Sichuan started in 2009, t