...(), Make Big Plans (Make No Small Plans), I Will|founder =|named_for = ("Wild onion")|website = www.cityofchicago.org|image_skyline = CityChicagoMontage.jpg| imagesize = 330px| image_caption = From top left: Chicago Theatre, the Willis , the University of Chicago, the skyline from the Museum Campus, Navy Pier, the Field Museum, and Crown Fountain in Millennium Park|image_flag = Municipal Flag of Chicago.svg|image_seal = Chicago city seal.png|image_map = US-IL-Chicago.png|map_caption = Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois|subdivision_type = Country|subdivision_type1 = State|subdivision_type2 = Counties|subdivision_name = United States|subdivision_name1 = Illinois|subdivision_name2 = Cook 25px, DuPage|government_type = Mayor-council|leader_title = Mayor|leader_name = Richard M. Daley|leader_title = Mayor|leader_name = Richard M. Daley|leader_title1 = City Council|leader_name1 =|leader_title2 = State House|leader_name2 =|leader_title3 = State Senate|leader_name3 =|leader_title4 = U.S. House|leader_name4 =|area_magnitude = 1 E+8|area_total_sq_mi = 234.0|area_total_km2 =|area_land_sq_mi = 227.2|area_land_km2 =|area_water_sq_mi = 6.9|area_water_km2 =|area_water_percent=3.0|area_urban_km2 =|area_urban_sq_mi = 2122.8|area_metro_km2 =|area_metro_sq_mi = 10874|population_as_of = 2008|population_total = 2853114 (3rd U.S.)|population_note =|population_footnotes =|population_urban = 8711000|population_metro = 9785747|population_density_sq_mi = 12649|population_density_km2 =|population_blank1_title = Demonym|population_blank1 = Chicagoan|timezone = CST|utc_offset = -6|timezone_DST = CDT|utc_offset_DST = -5|area_code = 312, 773, 872|elevation_m =|elevation_ft = 586|latd = 41|latm = 52|lats = 55|latNS = N|longd = 87|longm = 37|longs = 40|longEW = W|established_title = Settled|established_date = 1770s|established_title2 = Incorporated|established_date2 = March 4, 1837|seat_type =|seat = Cook County|footnotes =-->Chicago ( or ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States. Located on the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago is the third-most densely populated major city in the U.S., and anchor to the world's 26th largest metropolitan area with over 9.5 million people across three states. Read full entry

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