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City flag | City seal |
City nickname: "The Windy City" | |
City motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: "City in a Garden") | |
File:US-IL-Chicago-Small.gif Location in the state of Illinois |
Location in Chicagoland |
Counties | Cook County, Illinois DuPage County, Illinois |
Area - Total - Water |
606.1 km² (234.0 mi²) 17.8 km² (6.9 mi²) 2.94% |
Population - Total (2000) - Metropolitan - Density |
2,896,016 9,286,207 4,923.0/km² |
Time zone | Central: UTC–6 |
Location | 41°54′00″N 87°39′00″W / 41.90000°N 87.65000°W |
Mayor | Richard M. Daley |
City website |