Chicago is the third most populous city in the United States, located in Illinois. It has over 2.7 million residents, with the majority being white or black. English is the most commonly spoken language. Popular attractions include the Art Institute of Chicago museum, Chicago Cultural Centre, Field Museum of Natural History, and Cloud Gate sculpture. Major sports teams are the Chicago Cubs and White Sox for baseball, Chicago Bears for football, Chicago Bulls for basketball, and Chicago Blackhawks for ice hockey. Famous people from Chicago include Al Capone, Walt Disney, Robin Williams, and Bill Murray. Places to visit include the Navy Pier on Lake Michigan, Willis Tower, and Shedd Aquarium.

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2. Location
•The city of Chicago is located in Illinois, USA
•It’s the most populated city in the United States after New York and los
Angeles and the most populates in Illinois.
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3. USA
•The United States are in North America, bordering with the Atlantic Ocean
and the Pacific Ocean and between Canada and Mexico.
•Size: 9,826,675 km2
•Population:318,892,103
•Official languages: None at federal level
•Form of goverment: Federal republic
•The actual president is of USA Barack Obama.

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5. Population
•The city has about 2.7 million residents.
•Age groups
•Races: About the 45% are white, 39.2% black, 5.5% Asian, 2.7% of other
races and 0.5% American Indian.
•Languages: The most popular is English
•In Chicago the 59.62% are religious. There are a lot of types of different
religions but the most common are catholic, other types of christian, baptist
and islam.
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6. Cultural aspects
•The city has a lot of interesting places to visit. Some of them are:
•The Art Institute of Chicago: It’s a very beautiful museums wich works like
a museum and like an art school.
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7. ●The Chicago Cultural Centre was
founded in 1897 to be the library of
the city. Now it works like a cultural
centre wich offers more than 1000
different activities to the citizens.
The Field Museum of Natural History
is one of the largest natural history
museums in the world.

8. ●The Cloud Gate is one of the most popular escultures in Chicago.
People call it The Bean because of its form.

9. Sport
•The most important sports and teams are:
•Baseball – Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox
•Football – Soldier Field, Chicago Bears
•Basketball – Chicago Bulls, Chicago Sky
•Ice hockey – Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Wolves
•Soccer – Chicago Fire
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10. Celebrities
There is a lot of famous people borned in Chicago, but some of the
most important are:
• Al Capone
• Walt Disney
• Robin Williams
• Bill Murray
• Hillary Clinton
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11. Places to visit
•The Navy Pier
Is a long pier located in the shoreline of the Lake Michigan. Today, is one of
the most visited attractions and Chicago's number one tourist attraction.
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12. ●The Willis Tower (named in the past
Sears Willis) it's a skyscraper of 442
metres.
●The Shedd Aquarium is an indoor public
aquarium wich contains over 32,500 fish
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13. Things to do
If you go to Chicago, you should:
•Go for a walk in the Millenium Park
•Listen to a blues concert
•Observe its beautiful architecture
•Eat a pizza like the “Chicago style”
•Go for a walk and buy something in the Loop
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14. Reference
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