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Illinois is a state in the of the United States of America. Home to the large city of , the terrain of this state ranges from rolling farmland in the south to the mud flats upon which Chicago was built.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Chicago and Springfield.

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is the home of the blues and the truth of jazz, the heart of comedy and the idea of the skyscraper. Here, the age of railroads found its center, and airplanes followed suit.

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is a city in the center of the state of Illinois. It is the state's capital — not — and the county seat of Sangamon County. is best known for its most famous resident, Abraham Lincoln, and there are several historic sites that are dedicated to him.

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is a city in the in . With a population of over 145,000, it is the third largest city in the state.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Chicagoland and Central Illinois.

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consists of the Chicago metropolitan area in northeastern Illinois, including and its surrounding suburbs including those in Northwest Indiana.

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is a region of Illinois extending south from along the border with . It includes Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, LaSalle, Livingston, McLean, and Shelby counties.

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is a region of Illinois generally located immediately along and north of I-80 and outside of . While largely rural, it does include , the third largest city in Illinois, as well as , home of University.

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is a region of Illinois generally bounded by the to the west, I-80 to the north and I-39/I-55 to the east. It has two major anchors: and the Illinois side of the .

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is a region of southwestern Illinois that includes the Illinois part of the St. Louis metropolitan area, plus surrounding counties.

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is a region in the American state of Illinois. It is primarily agricultural, like most of Illinois outside , but includes some attractive, rolling scenery that contrasts with the flatness of Central Illinois to its north.
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Illinois

Latitude of center
40.0797° or 40° 4′ 47″ north
Longitude of center
-89.4337° or 89° 26′ 1″ west
Population
12,700,000
Elevation
627 feet (191 metres)
Abbreviation
“IL”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 553784069
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
4896861
Wiki­data ID
Q1204
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zhuang—“Illinois” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “IL”
  • Achinese: “Illinois”
  • Afrikaans: “Illinois”
  • Albanian: “Illinois”
  • Amharic: “ኢሊኖይ”
  • Arabic: “إلنوي”
  • Arabic: “إلينوي”
  • Arabic: “إلينويز”
  • Aragonese: “IL”
  • Aragonese: “Illinois”
  • Armenian: “Իլինոյս”
  • Arpitan: “IL”
  • Arpitan: “Ilinouès”
  • Arpitan: “Illinois”
  • Asturian: “IL”
  • Asturian: “Illinois”
  • Aymara: “IL”
  • Aymara: “Illinois suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “IL”
  • Azerbaijani: “İllinoys”
  • Balinese: “IL”
  • Balinese: “Illinois”
  • Bashkir: “IL”
  • Bashkir: “Иллинойс”
  • Basque: “IL”
  • Basque: “Illinois”
  • Batak Mandailing: “IL”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “IL”
  • Bavarian: “Illinois”
  • Belarusian: “IL”
  • Belarusian: “Іліной”
  • Belarusian: “Ілінойс”
  • Bengali: “IL”
  • Bengali: “ইলিনয়”
  • Betawi: “IL”
  • Betawi: “Ilinoi”
  • Bhojpuri: “IL”
  • Bhojpuri: “इलिनोइ”
  • Bishnupriya: “IL”
  • Bishnupriya: “ইলিনয়স”
  • Bislama: “IL”
  • Bislama: “Illinois”
  • Bosnian: “IL”
  • Bosnian: “Illinois”
  • Breton: “IL”
  • Breton: “Illinois”
  • Bulgarian: “IL”
  • Bulgarian: “Илинойс”
  • Burmese: “အီလီနွိုင်းပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “IL”
  • Catalan: “Illinois”
  • Cebuano: “IL”
  • Cebuano: “Illinois”
  • Central Bikol: “IL”
  • Central Bikol: “Illinois”
  • Central Kurdish: “IL”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئیلینۆی”
  • Chavacano: “IL”
  • Chavacano: “Illinois”
  • Chechen: “IL”
  • Chechen: “Иллинойс”
  • Cherokee: “Illinois”
  • Cherokee: “ᎢᎵᏃᏱ”
  • Chinese: “Illinois”
  • Chinese: “伊利诺伊州”
  • Chinese: “伊利诺州”
  • Chinese: “伊利諾伊州”
  • Chinese: “伊利諾州”
  • Chuvash: “IL”
  • Chuvash: “Иллинойс”
  • Cornish: “Illinois”
  • Corsican: “Illinois”
  • Crimean Tatar: “IL”
  • Crimean Tatar: “İllinois”
  • Crimean Tatar: “İllinoys”
  • Croatian: “Illinois”
  • Czech: “IL”
  • Czech: “Illinois”
  • Czech: “State of Illinois”
  • Dagbani: “IL”
  • Dagbani: “Illinois”
  • Danish: “IL”
  • Danish: “Illinois”
  • Dimli (individual language): “IL”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Illinois”
  • Dimli (individual language): “İllinois”
  • Dutch: “IL”
  • Dutch: “Illinois”
  • Eastern Mari: “Иллинойс”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “IL”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايلينوى”
  • Esperanto: “IL”
  • Esperanto: “Ilinojso”
  • Estonian: “IL”
  • Estonian: “Illinois”
  • Ewe: “Illinois”
  • Faroese: “IL”
  • Faroese: “Illinois”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Illinois”
  • Finnish: “IL”
  • Finnish: “Illinois”
  • French: “IL”
  • French: “Illinois”
  • Friulian: “IL”
  • Friulian: “Illinois”
  • Gagauz: “IL”
  • Gagauz: “İllinois”
  • Galician: “IL”
  • Galician: “Illinois”
  • Georgian: “ილინოისი”
  • German: “IL”
  • German: “Illinois”
  • Gothic: “IL”
  • Gothic: “Illinois”
  • Gothic: “𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌾”
  • Greek: “Ιλινόι”
  • Guarani: “IL”
  • Guarani: “Illinois”
  • Gujarati: “IL”
  • Gujarati: “ઇલિનોઇસ”
  • Haitian: “Ilinwa”
  • Hakka Chinese: “IL”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Illinois”
  • Hausa: “IL”
  • Hausa: “Illinois”
  • Hawaiian: “‘Ilinoe”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻIlinoe”
  • Hawaiian: “IL”
  • Hebrew: “IL”
  • Hebrew: “אילינוי”
  • Hindi: “IL”
  • Hindi: “इलिनॉय”
  • Hindi: “इलिनोय”
  • Hungarian: “Illinois”
  • Icelandic: “Illinois”
  • Ido: “Illinois”
  • Igbo: “Ilinoi”
  • Iloko: “Illinois”
  • Inari Sami: “Illinois”
  • Indonesian: “Illinois”
  • Interlingua: “Illinois”
  • Interlingue: “Illinois”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐄᓚᓄᐃᔅ”
  • Inupiaq: “Ilinui”
  • Inupiaq: “Illinois”
  • Irish: “IL”
  • Irish: “Illinois”
  • Italian: “Illinois”
  • Japanese: “イリノイ”
  • Japanese: “イリノイズ”
  • Japanese: “イリノイズ州”
  • Japanese: “イリノイ州”
  • Javanese: “Illinois”
  • Kabiyè: “Ilnuwaa”
  • Kabyle: “Illinois”
  • Kalmyk: “Илиной”
  • Kannada: “ಇಲಿನಾಯ್ಸ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Иллинойс”
  • Kashmiri: “اِلِنوے”
  • Kazakh: “Иллинойс”
  • Kirghiz: “Иллинойс”
  • Komering: “Illinois”
  • Korean: “일리노이”
  • Korean: “일리노이주”
  • Kurdish: “Illinois”
  • Ladin: “Illinois”
  • Ladino: “Illinois”
  • Lao: “ລັດອິລີນອຍ”
  • Latin: “Illinoesia”
  • Latvian: “Ilinoisa”
  • Ligurian: “Illinois”
  • Limburgan: “Illinois”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Illinois”
  • Literary Chinese: “伊利諾州”
  • Lithuanian: “Ilinojus”
  • Lombard: “Illinois”
  • Low German: “Illinois”
  • Luxembourgish: “Illinois”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Illinois”
  • Macedonian: “Илиноис”
  • Maithili: “इलिनोइ”
  • Malagasy: “Illinois”
  • Malay: “Illinois”
  • Malayalam: “ഇല്ലിനോയി”
  • Manipuri: “ꯏꯜꯂꯤꯅꯣꯢꯁ”
  • Manx: “IL”
  • Manx: “Illinois”
  • Maori: “Illinois”
  • Maori: “Irinoi”
  • Marathi: “इलिनॉय”
  • Mazanderani: “ایلینوی”
  • Mazanderani: “ایلینویز”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “IL”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Illinois”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Illinois”
  • Minangkabau: “Illinois”
  • Mingrelian: “ილინოისი”
  • Mongolian: “Иллиной”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “IL”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “إيلينوي”
  • Nauru: “Illinois”
  • Navajo: “Tóntsxaadę́ę́ʼ Nílį́ Hahoodzo”
  • Nepali: “इलिनाय”
  • Nepali: “इलिनोई”
  • Newari: “इलिनोइ”
  • Northern Frisian: “IL”
  • Northern Frisian: “Illinois”
  • Northern Luri: “ایلینویز”
  • Northern Sami: “Illinois”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “IL”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ill.”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Illinois”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Illinois”
  • Norwegian: “Illinois”
  • Novial: “Illinois”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illinois”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “IL”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܠܝܢܘܝ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ēoleland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “IL”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Illinois”
  • Ossetian: “Иллинойс”
  • Pali: “इलिनोइ”
  • Pampanga: “Illinois”
  • Pangasinan: “Illinois”
  • Panjabi: “ਇਲੀਨਾਏ”
  • Papiamento: “Illinois”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Illinois”
  • Persian: “IL”
  • Persian: “ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “ایلی‌نوی”
  • Picard: “Illinois”
  • Piemontese: “Illinois”
  • Polish: “Illinois”
  • Portuguese: “Ilinóis”
  • Portuguese: “Illinois”
  • Quechua: “Illinois suyu”
  • Romanian: “Illinois”
  • Romansh: “Illinois”
  • Russia Buriat: “IL”
  • Russia Buriat: “Иллинойс”
  • Russian: “Иллинойс”
  • Rusyn: “Ілінойс”
  • Samogitian: “Ėlėnuojos”
  • Sanskrit: “इलिनाई”
  • Sanskrit: “इलिनाय्स्”
  • Sanskrit: “इलेनॉइस्”
  • Sardinian: “Illinois”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Illinois”
  • Scots: “Illinois”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “IL”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Illinois”
  • Serbian: “IL”
  • Serbian: “Илиноис, Сједињене Америчке Државе”
  • Serbian: “Илиноис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Illinois”
  • Sicilian: “Illinois”
  • Silesian: “Illinois”
  • Sindhi: “الينوائي”
  • Sinhala: “ඉලිනොයි”
  • Sinhala: “ඉලිනොයිස්”
  • Slovak: “Illinois”
  • Slovenian: “Illinois”
  • Somali: “Illinois”
  • South Azerbaijani: “IL”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایلینوی ایالتی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Illinois”
  • Spanish: “Estado de la pradera”
  • Spanish: “IL”
  • Spanish: “Illinois (estado)”
  • Spanish: “Illinois, Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Illinois”
  • Spanish: “La tierra de Lincoln”
  • Spanish: “Tierra de Lincoln”
  • Swahili: “Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Illinois”
  • Swiss German: “IL”
  • Swiss German: “Illinois”
  • Tagalog: “Illinois”
  • Tajik: “Иллинойс”
  • Talysh: “Illinojs”
  • Tamil: “இலினொய்”
  • Tamil: “இல்லினாய்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Иллинойс”
  • Telugu: “ఇల్లినాయి”
  • Telugu: “ఇల్లినాయిస్”
  • Thai: “รัฐอิลลินอย”
  • Thai: “รัฐอิลลินอยส์”
  • Tumbuka: “Illinois”
  • Turkish: “IL”
  • Turkish: “Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Illinois eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Illinois, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri”
  • Turkish: “Illinois”
  • Turkish: “State of Illinois”
  • Turkish: “US-IL”
  • Twi: “Illinois”
  • Uighur: “Illinoyiz Shitati”
  • Uighur: “ئىللىنويىز شىتاتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Іллінойс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Illinois”
  • Urdu: “الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “الینوے”
  • Uzbek: “Illinoys”
  • Venetian: “Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Illinois”
  • Vlaams: “Illinois”
  • Vlax Romani: “Illinois”
  • Volapük: “Illinois”
  • Walloon: “Ilinwès”
  • Walloon: “Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Illinois”
  • Welsh: “IL”
  • Welsh: “Illinois”
  • Western Armenian: “Իլինոյս”
  • Western Frisian: “IL”
  • Western Frisian: “Illinois”
  • Western Mari: “Иллинойс”
  • Western Panjabi: “الینوئی”
  • Western Panjabi: “الینوۓ”
  • Wolof: “Illinois”
  • Wu Chinese: “伊利诺伊州”
  • Xhosa: “I-Ilinoyi”
  • Yakut: “Иллинойс”
  • Yiddish: “אילינוי”
  • Yoruba: “Illinois”
  • Yue Chinese: “伊利諾州”
  • Zeeuws: “Illinois”
  • Zhuang: “Illinois”
  • “IL”
  • “Ilinuojos”
  • “Illinois”
  • “Illinòis”
  • “ma Ilano”
  • “ma Ilino”
  • “ma Ilinowi”
  • “US-IL”
  • “इलिनोइ”

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