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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.

Yongshun County, the escrow County of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province, is located in the north of the Autonomous Prefecture, with a total area of 3810.6325 square kilometers and 30 townships and 327 administrative villages. In 2016, Yongshun County had a total population of 538200 and a resident population of 448500. If it is included in the scope of the large-scale development of the western region, you can enjoy the preferential policies of the state, provinces and prefectures on regional autonomy for ethnic minorities, the development of the western region, and so on. In 2015, Yongshun County township division adjustment, under the jurisdiction of 11 townships and 12 towns. Yongshun County is located in the middle of the Wuling Mountains in the combination zone of the central and western regions. The landforms in the territory are mainly mountains and hills, with the highest elevation of 1437.9 meters and the lowest elevation of 162.6 meters. Belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate, the heat is abundant, the rainfall is abundant, the annual average temperature is 16. 5%.
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