Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois.
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Harmonia Rosales (born on February 6, 1984) is an American artist born in Chicago.
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The Chicago native was born in 1909.
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The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, UChi, or U of C) is a private research university in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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The original Ferris Wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as a landmark for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, although much smaller wooden wheels of a similar idea predate Ferris's wheel, dating perhaps to the 1500s.
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The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, UChi, or U of C) is a private research university in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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The court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago
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The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH; also known as the Field Museum) is a private–public natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world.
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permanently returning to the Chicago metropolitan area in 2026
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based in Chicago
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are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago
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The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.
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The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago
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The Chicago Yacht Club is located in Chicago, Illinois.
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The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (abbreviated TARP and more commonly known as the Deep Tunnel Project or the Chicago Deep Tunnel) is a large civil engineering project that aims to reduce flooding in the metropolitan Chicago area, and to reduce the harmful effects of flushing raw sewage into Lake Michigan by diverting storm water and sewage into temporary holding reservoirs.
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"name": "Chicago"
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Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
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2746388
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Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census.
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607.44
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182.02 m
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41.88194 N 87.62778 W
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41.88194 N 87.62778 W
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United States
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Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 41.8819,-87.6278
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"elevation": 214.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.75, -87.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.75, -87.75
41.75 -87.75 Dfa
5. GeoNames: Chicago - GeoNames
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41.85003 -87.65005 P PPLA2 US IL 031 14000 2664452 179 180 America/Chicago
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