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Chicago

city and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America
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Summary

Chicago is a city of Illinois[1]. Chicago ranks in the top 7% of city of illinois entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121,714 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cook County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Chicago River[5], Lake Michigan[6]
  • Head of government: Brandon Johnson[7]
  • Continent: North America[8]
  • Instance of: global city[9], big city[10]
  • Official language: English[11]
  • Shares border with: Park Ridge[12], Oak Park[13], Evanston[14], Blue Island[15], Skokie[16], Des Plaines[17]
  • Founder: Jean Baptiste Point du Sable[18]
  • Follows: Fort Dearborn[19]
  • Flag: flag of Chicago[20]
  • Twinned administrative body: Lucerne[21], Accra[22], Casablanca[23], Durban[24], Bogotá[25], Mexico City[26], Toronto[27], Amman[28], Busan[29], Delhi[30], Lahore[31], Osaka[32], Petah Tikva[33], Shenyang[34]
  • Legislative body: Chicago City Council[35]
  • IATA airport code: CHI[36]
  • Location: Chicagoland[37]
  • Postal code: 60601[38], 60602[39], 60603[40], 60604[41], 60605[42], 60606[43], 60607[44], 60608[45], 60609[46]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Chicago include O'Hare International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in United States[49]; Chicago metropolitan area[50], a metropolitan statistical area[51], in United States[52]; Midway International Airport[53], an international airport[54], in United States[55]; Chicago Marathon[56], a recurring sporting event[57], in United States[58], founded in 1977[59]; Gary/Chicago International Airport[60], an international airport[61], in United States[62]; Chicago[63], a typeface family[64], founded in 1984[65]; USS Chicago[66], an attack submarine[67]; and Chicago Executive Airport[68], an airport[69], in United States[70].

Why It Matters

Chicago has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] Chicago is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]

Entities named for Chicago include O'Hare International Airport[47], an international airport[48], in United States[49]; Chicago metropolitan area[50], a metropolitan statistical area[51], in United States[52]; Midway International Airport[53], an international airport[54], in United States[55]; Chicago Marathon[56], a recurring sporting event[57], in United States[58], founded in 1977[59]; Gary/Chicago International Airport[60], an international airport[61], in United States[62]; and Chicago[63], a typeface family[64], founded in 1984[65].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [71] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [72] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-BmHo-481V-cXSU
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-BmHo-481V-cXSU, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250704778|Chicago (#250704778)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl topic]"
  2. 6d ago · PinTweaks · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 279
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||en, de, tr, sv, id, pt, mul */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  3. 20d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 279
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'ace', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', '
    Harper's tag → chicago, chicago-ill
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: chicago-ill, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923075|chicago ill (#289923075)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  4. 5w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id → UsefulNotes/Chicago
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv tropes id: UsefulNotes/Chicago"
  5. 6w ago · NicoScribe · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Different from: Denver"
  6. 8w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151048885
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  7. 8w ago · Carlwinslow11 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+350'}, {'amount': '+2722389'}, {'amount': '+2716000'} +3
    Inception → +1837-03-04T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ Add sourced inception and 2025 population estimate; correct 1893-1895 mayoral term dates."
  8. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  9. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Chicago
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Chicago, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  10. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3710Dv
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  11. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 88179
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 88179, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  12. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → chicago, chicago-ill
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: chicago, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923074|chicago (#289923074)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  13. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0002095-Chicago-Illinois
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0002095-Chicago-Illinois, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  14. 23w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tclf id → places/city-and-regional-guides/chicago
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Tclf id: places/city-and-regional-guides/chicago"
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