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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.

Zhongwei City, referred to as & quot; Wei & quot;, belongs to Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, is located in the central and western part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia and Gansu provinces. It is the first self-flow irrigation city in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, with a total area of 17000 square kilometers. The topography of Zhongwei City is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, with an average elevation of 1225 meters in the urban area. the geomorphology is divided into five units of the Yellow River alluvial plain, platform, desert, mountains and hills, which belongs to a typical temperate continental monsoon climate. Due to the influence of desert, the sunshine is sufficient and the temperature difference between day and night is large. Zhongwei Yellow River diversion Irrigation area of 1.11 million mu, is an important commercial grain, aquatic products and facility vegetable production base in Northwest China. As of 2016, Zhongwei City has jurisdiction over Shapotou District, Zhongning County and Haiyuan County. 2016
Travel Notes In Zhongwei City
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Self-driving tour in Ningxia, a six-day and five-night trip to the Northwest
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Follow the Xixia Dynasty at the foot of Helan Mountain, and watch the wind in the Tengger Desert. Ningxia, the third stop of the Northwest Ring Road——Westbound Slowly 3
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