介绍美国城市Chicago的英语作文

Chicago (pronounced /ʃɨˈkɑːɡoʊ/ or /ʃɨˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and, with over 2.8 million residents, the third-most populous city in the United States (although the sobriquet "Second City" refers to the fact that the city was largely rebuilt following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871). The Chicago metropolitan area (commonly referred to as Chicagoland), located adjacent to Lake Michigan, has a population of more than 9.5 million people[1] living in three U.S. states ( Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana) and was the third largest U.S. metropolitan area in 2000.[2] Chicago is among the world's largest urban areas by population and one of the largest cities in North America. The World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University rated Chicago as an alpha world city[3].

Chicago was founded in 1833, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and