The city of Chicago was incorporated in 1837. It is the third largest city currently in the United States behind New York and Los Angeles respectively. It has a current population of just about three million people.
The city is located in the region of the Midwest on the southwest shore of Lake Michigan. Currently the city comprises 60,000 hectares and sits at an average of 587 feet above sea level. The city is comprised of 77 different neighborhoods and attracts and estimated 86 million visitors a year, the number guessed by the city of Chicago itself. Located in and run by the city itself, are two airports. One of these, O'Hare International Airport, is the second busiest in the world.
Located in the Midwest and along the 5th largest lake in the world, Chicago is also built around two rivers, the Chicago and Calumet rivers, and has become a world city globally known and travelled to.
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