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A map of the 77 community areas, broken down by purported regions. While the areas have official use and definition, the color groupings are unofficial, and such "regions" may be defined differently, grouped differently, or not be used at all. The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes.
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.
After the expansion of Port Hercules, [90] Monaco's total area grew to 2.08 km 2 (0.80 sq mi) or 208 ha (510 acres); [89] subsequently, new plans were approved to extend the district of Fontvieille by 0.08 km 2 (0.031 sq mi) or 8 ha (20 acres), with land reclaimed from the Mediterranean Sea. Land reclamation projects include extending the ...
Module:Location map/data/United States Chicago metropolitan area is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Chicago metropolitan area. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Glencoe (/ ˈ ɡ l ɛ n ˌ k oʊ /) is a lakefront village in northeastern Cook County, Illinois, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,849.Glencoe is part of Chicago's North Shore and one of the wealthiest communities in Illinois.
Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL. What is now Illinois was claimed as part of Illinois County, Virginia, between 1778 and 1782. Modern-day county formation dates to 1790 when the area was part of the Northwest Territory; two counties—St. Clair and Knox
In 1965, the Illinois General Assembly named the area after William W. Powers. [1] Powers had been a Chicago alderman on the Chicago City Council and Illinois General Assembly legislator in the 1920s, and used the site for picnics to feed the needy during the Great Depression. [3] The park also has a military history.
The Gold Coast Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. Part of Chicago's Near North Side community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street. The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire.