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| Nicknames: "
The Windy City", "The Second City", "ChiTown", "
Hog Butcher for the World", "City of the Big Shoulders", "The City That Works" | |
| Motto(s): "Urbs in Horto" (
Latin: "City in a Garden"), "I Will" | |
 Location in the
Chicago metro area and Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.88194°N 87.62778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| Counties | Cook, DuPage |
| Settled | 1770s |
| Incorporated | March 4 1837 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Richard M. Daley ( D) |
| Area | |
| • City | 237.0 sq mi (606.2 km2) |
| • Land | 227.2 sq mi (588.3 km2) |
| • Water | 6.9 sq mi (17.9 km2) 3.0% |
| • Urban | 2,122.8 sq mi (5,498.1 km2) |
| • Metro | 10,874 sq mi (28,163 km2) |
| Elevation | 586 ft (179 m) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • City | 2,833,321 (US: 3rd) |
| • Density | 12,470/sq mi (4,816/km2) |
| • Urban | 8,711,000 |
| • Metro | 9,505,747 |
| • Demonym | Chicagoan |
| Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
| Website | egov.cityofchicago.org |
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