Illinois is located in the Midwest, sharing borders with Wisconsin, Lake Michigan of the Great Lakes, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Iowa. The state capital of Illinois is Springfield but the largest city in the state is Chicago. Nicknamed The Windy City, Chicago, which was founded in 1833, is the most important financial, industrial and cultural city in the American Midwest. During the 1920's, the city earned global notoriety as the centre for ruthless gangsters in the USA, the most infamous being Al Capone. Chicago, which has a population of over 3 million, is the base for the second biggest airport in the United States, O'Hare International. During the 20th Century, migrating African-Americans from the South created Chicago's world famous blues and jazz scenes.
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