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Chicago(pronounced/ʃɨˈkɑːɡoʊ/or/ʃɨˈkɔːɡoʊ/)isthelargestcityintheU.S.stateofIllinoisand,withover2.8millionresidents,thethird-mostpopulouscityintheUnitedStates(althoughthesobriquetSecondCityreferstothefactthatthecitywaslargelyrebuiltfollowingtheGreatChicagoFireof1871).TheChicagometropolitanarea(commonlyreferredtoasChicagoland),locatedadjacenttoLakeMichigan,hasapopulationofmorethan9.5millionpeople[1]livinginthreeU.S.states(Illinois,WisconsinandIndiana)andwasthethirdlargestU.S.metropolitanareain2000.[2]Chicagoisamongtheworld'slargesturbanareasbypopulationandoneofthelargestcitiesinNorthAmerica.TheWorldCitiesStudyGroupatLoughboroughUniversityratedChicagoasanalphaworldcity[3].

Chicagowasfoundedin1833,nearaportagebetweentheGreatLakesandtheMississippiRiverwatershed,andincorporatedasacityin1837.Thecitybecameamajortransportationandtelecommunicationshub[4].inNorthAmerica.O'HareInternationalisthesecondbusiestairportintheworld.WithintheMidwestitisafinancialandindustrialcenter.Thecityhasanotableandfamouspoliticalculture,[citationneeded]isastrongholdoftheDemocraticParty,andhasbeenhometonumerousinfluentialpoliticians,includingthefirstAfrican-AmericanPresidentoftheUnitedStates,BarackObama.Asof2007,thecity'sattractions,business,andcommercebring44.2millionvisitorsannually[5].Makinguseofitsabundantresources,Chicagohasaheritageforhostingmajorlocal,regional,national,andinternationaleventsthatincludeentertainment,politics,commerce,culture,andsports.OnJune4,2008,Chicagowaschosenasoneofthefinalfourcitycandidatestohostthe2016SummerOlympicsandmadeittotheshortlistastheonlyAmericancity.

ChicagoisoftencalledtheWindyCity,Chi-Town,SecondCity,andtheCityofBigShoulders.