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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.

Zhangpu County (ancient Zhangzhou capital Zhangpu County) is a coastal county in the south of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. It was founded in the second year of Tang Chuangong (686) and is known as "Jin Zhangpu" after the Ming Dynasty. It is located between 23 °43mm / m 24 °21m in north latitude and 118o / 02m in longitude 117 °24m in east, with Xiamen in the east and Shantou in the south, separated by a strip of water from Taiwan. The relationship with Taiwan has a long history, and it is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and the ancestral home of Taiwan compatriots. 12000 people in the county have gone to Taiwan, 26000 people belong to Taiwan, and Zhangpu nationality accounts for more than 2 million of the more than 23 million Taiwanese. There are Nanxi, Luxi, Fotan Creek, Chihu Creek, Duxun Creek, Hanjiang River and other rivers, with an annual precipitation of 1600 mm and an average annual temperature of 21.8℃. There are 216 km coastline, 178 islands and reefs, 6 bays and 5 bays.
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