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Cairo (/ ˈ k ɛər oʊ / KAIR-oh, [4] sometimes / ˈ k eɪ r oʊ / KAY-roh) [5] is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County.A river city, Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees.
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According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Cairo Precinct has a total area of 9.11 square miles (23.59 km 2), of which 6.99 square miles (18.10 km 2) (or 76.72%) is land and 2.12 square miles (5.49 km 2) (or 23.28%) is water. [3] It contains the southernmost point in Illinois.
Open-ended employment contracts are also called permanent, indefinite, or continuing contracts as they are typically used for long-term employment situations (University of Strathclyde, 2013). This type of employment contract may be terminated if either party gives appropriate notice to the other party or in specific instances such as health ...
The General Assembly chartered a company to found a town there in 1837 under the name of "Cairo, Illinois", [1]: 24 and by 1841 Cairo had two thousand residents. [ 1 ] : 27 Nearly all the residents abandoned the town following an 1842 flood, [ 1 ] : 32 but a newly constructed levee protected the site during the Great Flood of 1844 , [ 1 ] : 35 ...
There are also many boards, commissions and offices, [1] including: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois
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The Cairo Historic District is a historic district encompassing a large section of Cairo, Illinois. The district is roughly bounded by Park, 33rd, Sycamore, 21st, Cedar, and 4th Streets and the Ohio River; it includes most areas of Cairo developed by 1890, save for two sections which are almost entirely renovated or deteriorated. The district ...