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Boundary of Chicago

Boundaries: United States Census Bureau, MAF/TIGER Database (https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/carto-boundary-file.html) via geoBoundaries, public domain

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Chicago, capital of Cook County

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Chicago is the seat of Cook County, a district, and of City of Chicago, a subdistrict.

Population
2,664,452

About Chicago

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