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ChicagoSmarts.com is a website for people who want to know more about Chicago, IL, including Chicago entertainment, sports and night life.

Whether you live in Chicago or you're planning on visiting, this site can give you the information you need. Read The Top 10 Places to Visit in Chicago now.

State: Illinois
Counties: Cook
Settled: 1770s
Incorporated: March 4, 1837

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the third-most populous city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents.

Adjacent to Lake Michigan, the Chicago metropolitan area (commonly referred to as Chicagoland) has a population of more than 9.5 million people in three U.S. states, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, and was the third largest U.S. metropolitan area in 2000.

One of the largest cities in North America, Chicago is among the world's twenty-five largest urban areas by population, and rated an alpha world city by the World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University. And of course there are two MLB teams that are both popular, the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox.

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Are you looking for great Chicago entertainment?The following is a list of artists and bands who will be visiting the windy city this year.

And here are some of the national Broadway shows that are currently playing in Chicago.

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