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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. "Cities in Illinois" redirects here. For unincorporated communities, see List of unincorporated communities in Illinois. For CDPs, see List of census-designated places in Illinois. Map of the United States with Illinois highlighted Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United ...
The western section (west of the Illinois River) was originally part of the Military Tract of 1812 and forms the distinctive western bulge of the state. Central Illinois is characterized by small towns and mid-sized cities. Agriculture, particularly corn and soybeans, figures prominently. Major cities include Peoria, and Springfield (the state ...
Illinois became one of America's most industrialized states and remains a major manufacturing center. [7] The Great Migration from the South established a large Black community, particularly in Chicago , which became a leading cultural, economic, and population center; its metropolitan area , informally referred to as Chicagoland , holds about ...
English: Map of central Illinois with major cities, county boundaries, township boundaries, municipality boundaries, and major highways. Data is from US Census TIGER website and Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse website.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
The administrative divisions of Illinois are counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts. [1] The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3]
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—were created at that time.
Second largest country in South America. Does not include claims over Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, nor Argentine Antarctica (969,000 km 2). Caribbean Sea: 2,754,000: Body of water between North and South America. Kazakhstan: 2,724,900: In Asia; largest landlocked country in the world. Western Canada: 2,703,159