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  2. List of municipalities in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    According to the 2020 United States census Illinois is the 6th most populous state with 12,812,508 inhabitants but the 24th largest by land area spanning 55,499.0 square miles (143,742 km 2) of land. [1] Illinois is divided into 102 counties and, as of 2020, contained 1,300 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and villages.

  3. List of Illinois townships - Wikipedia

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    Of the 102 counties of the state of Illinois, 84 are organized into civil townships, usually referred to as simply "townships" in state law. All told, Illinois has 1,428 such townships, and they are the slight majority of the state's general units of local government. [1] The legal name of each township is the form "___ Township" or "Town of ...

  4. List of counties in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    There are 102 counties in Illinois. The most populous of these is Cook County, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of Chicago, while the least populous is Hardin County. The largest by land area is McLean County, while the smallest is Putnam County. Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL.

  5. Geography of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Illinois has a maximum north–south distance of 390 miles (630 km) and 210 miles (340 km) east-west. Total area is 57,918 square miles (150,010 km 2 ), ranked 25th in size of the 50 states. Water area is 2,325 square miles (6,020 km 2 ); Lake Michigan accounts for most of this. Charles Mound in the northwest Driftless Area is the highest point ...

  6. Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The city of Rockford, Illinois's third-largest city and center of the state's fourth largest metropolitan area, sits along Interstates 39 and 90 some 75 mi (121 km) northwest of Chicago. The Quad Cities region, located along the Mississippi River in northern Illinois, had a population of 381,342 in 2011.

  7. Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as the Greater Chicago Areaand Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical areain the U.S. stateof Illinois, and the Midwest, containing the City of Chicagoalong with its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities. Encompassing 10,286 square mi (28,120 km2), the metropolitan area includes ...

  8. Central Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Central Illinois. Coordinates: 40.1°N 89.3°W. Central Illinois. Central Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that consists of the entire central third of the state, divided from north to south. Also known as the Heart of Illinois, it is characterized by small towns and mid-sized cities. Agriculture, particularly corn and ...

  9. Category:Cities in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Cities are one type of municipality, the other two being villages and incorporated towns. The main article for this category is List of municipalities in Illinois. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Illinois. See also categories Townships in Illinois, Towns in Illinois, Villages in Illinois, Census-designated places in Illinois ...