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  2. List of city nicknames in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The City in the Suburbs [26] The City to Watch [27] Evanston – Heavenston [28] Freeport – Pretzel City, USA [29] Griggsville – Purple Martin Capital of the World [21] [30] Glen Ellyn – Babcock's Grove [31] The Dirty Six-Thirty [5] Huntley – The Friendly Village with Country Charm [32] Joliet. City of Champions [33] City of "Snap and ...

  3. Flag and seal of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The flag of the state of Illinois bearing the central elements of the seal on a white field was adopted in 1915, and the word Illinois was added to the flag in 1970. In a 2001 survey by the North American Vexillological Association, the flag of Illinois was ranked 49th out of 72 different flags of states and territories, mainly in the US and ...

  4. Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Illinois (/ ˌ ɪ l ɪ ˈ n ɔɪ / ⓘ IL-in-OY) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.It borders the state of Wisconsin to its north, Iowa to its northwest, Missouri to its southwest, Kentucky to its south, Indiana to its east, and has a water border with Michigan to the northeast in Lake Michigan.

  5. List of time zone abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Such designations can be ambiguous; for example, "CST" can mean China Standard Time (UTC+8), Cuba Standard Time (UTC−5), and (North American) Central Standard Time (UTC−6), and it is also a widely used variant of ACST (Australian Central Standard Time, UTC+9:30). Such designations predate both ISO 8601 and the internet era; in an earlier ...

  6. List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The twelve cases where USPS and USCG abbreviations differ are listed below and marked in bold red in the table above; they include three inland states with a small Coast Guard contingent. These twelve abbreviations were changed to avoid conflicting with the ISO 3166 two-digit country codes.

  7. List of time offsets by U.S. state and territory - Wikipedia

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    East Tennessee, except Bledsoe, Cumberland, and Marion Counties: UTC−05:00 EST Eastern Standard Time UTC−06:00 CT Most of state: UTC−06:00 CST Central Standard Time Texas: UTC−06:00 CT Yes Most of state: UTC−06:00 CST Central Standard Time UTC−07:00 MT El Paso and Hudspeth counties: UTC−07:00 MST Mountain Standard Time U.S. Minor ...

  8. Southern Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Southern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois comprising the southern third of the state, principally south of Interstate 70.Part of downstate Illinois, it is bordered by the two most voluminous rivers in the United States: the Mississippi below its connection with the Missouri River to the west and the Ohio River to the east and south, with the tributary Wabash River, extending ...

  9. Central Time Zone - Wikipedia

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    The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and some Caribbean islands. [1]In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and several border municipalities in Mexico), the Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: Central Standard Time (CST) is observed from ...