Chicago/ I.key.to/ (in English/ ʃɪkɑ.of/ or in your area/ ʃɪkɔː.of/) is the third-biggest city by its populace and also is located in the north-east of the state of the Illinois. It is the largest city in the Midwest area, which it develops the main financial as well as social facility. Chicago is situated on the south-west shore of Lake Michigan, among the 5 big lakes in The United States and Canada. The Chicago as well as Calumet rivers go across the city. Industrial Comptroller established at the end of the 18th century by Jean Baptiste Point du Sand, a mulatto born in Santo Domingo, Chicago came to be a town in 1833 and formally obtains the standing of city in 1837. It is the headquarters of Chef County. Chicago is additionally the seat of a Francophone Catholic parish, an indication of its history associated to France. The city of Chicago has 2,746,388 citizens and also stretches 606 km2. Its occupants are called Chicagoans (or more hardly ever Chicagoan). The third-biggest city b...