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| City of Chicago | |||
| Clockwise from top: Downtown Chicago, the Chicago Theatre, the Chicago 'L', Navy Pier, Millennium Park, the Field Museum, and the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower | |||
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| Ymbenama: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi-Town, Chi-City, Hog Butcher for the World, City of the Big Shoulders, The City That Works, and others found at List of nicknames for Chicago | |||
| Cwide: Lǣden: Urbs in Horto (City in a Garden), Make Big Plans (Make No Small Plans), I Will | |||
| Location in the Chicago metropolitan area and Illinois | |||
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{{Location map|USA2 |label = City of Chicago |lat = 41.881944444444 |long = -87.627777777778 |float = none |caption = |border = none |position = right |width = 250 }}Location in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.8819°N 87.6278°W | |||
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| Country | United States | ||
| State | Illinois | ||
| Counties | Cook, DuPage | ||
| Settled | 1770s | ||
| Incorporated | March 4, 1837 | ||
| Lēodweard | |||
| - Type | Mayor–council | ||
| - Mayor | Rahm Emanuel (D) | ||
| - City Council | {{{leader_name1}}} | ||
| Landmearc | |||
| - City | 234.0 sq mi (606.1 km²) | ||
| - Land | 227.2 sq mi (588.4 km²) | ||
| - Water | 6.9 sq mi (17.9 km²) | ||
| - Urban | 2,122.8 sq mi (5,498 km²) | ||
| - Ealdorburg | 10,874 sq mi (28,163.5 km²) | ||
| Elevation | 597 ft (182 m) | ||
| Lēodrǣden (2011 Estimate)[1] | |||
| - City | 2,707,120 | ||
| - Density | 11,864.4/sq mi (4,447.4/km²) | ||
| - Urban | 8,711,000 | ||
| - Ealdorburg | 9,461,105 | ||
| Tīdgeard | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||
| - Sumor (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||
| Area code(s) | 312, 773, 872 | ||
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| Webstede: cityofchicago.org | |||
Chicago is sēo mǣstu burg on Illinoise. Hire burgealdor tōdæg is Rahm Emanuel.