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Detroit is the largest city in the
U.S. state of Michigan and the seat
of Wayne County. Detroit is a major
port city on the Detroit River, in
the Midwest region of the United
States. Located north of Windsor,
Ontario, Detroit is the only major
U.S. city where Canada can be viewed
by looking to the south. It was
founded on July 24, 1701, by the
Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe
Cadillac. Its name originates from
the French word détroit for strait,
in reference to its location on the
river connecting the Great Lakes.
Known
as the world's traditional
automotive center, "Detroit" is a
metonym for the American automobile
industry and an important source of
popular music legacies celebrated by
the city's two familiar nicknames,
the Motor City and Motown. Other
nicknames emerged in the twentieth
century, including City of Champions
beginning in the 1930s for its
successes in individual and team
sport, Arsenal of Democracy (during
World War II), The D, D-Town,
Hockeytown (a trademark owned by the
city's NHL club, the Red Wings),
Rock City (after the Kiss song
"Detroit Rock City"), and The 3-1-3
(its telephone area code).
In
2009, Detroit ranked as the United
States' eleventh most populous city,
with 910,920 residents. At its peak
in 1950, the city was the
fourth-largest in the USA, but has
since seen a major shift in its
population to the suburbs.
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