History of Detroit, Michigan
Detroit (International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA: {{IPA|[dɪˈtʰɹɔɪt]}}) ({{lang-fr|Détroit, meaning strait}}, IPA|pronounced {{Audio-IPA|Detroit.ogg|[detÊwa]}}) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat|seat of Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city located north of Windsor, Ontario, on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States|Midwest region of the United States. It is known as the world's traditional Automobile|automotive center and an important source of popular music, legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, Motor City and Motown.[http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-204598 Michigan Cities] Encyclopedia Britannica Online Retrieved on April 8, 2007. Detroit "is the automobile capital of the world." [http://www.sae.org/congress/ SAE World Congress convenes in Detroit] Retrieved on April 12, 2007. Founded in 1701 by the Frenchman Antoine de Cadillac, the city was called the Paris of the West in the late 19th century|nineteenth century for its architecture. Other nicknames emerged in the 20th century|twentieth century, including rock music|Rock City, The D, D-Town, Hockeytown, and The Area code 313|313 (its area code).Commemorated in the song 313 by Eminem off of his 1996 release, Infinite
In 2005, Detroit ranked as the United States' eleventh List of United States cities by population|most populous city, with 886,675 residents. At its peak, the city was the 4th largest city in the country, but has steadily decined in population since the 1960's while other cities have grown. The name Detroit sometimes refers to the metro Detroit area, a sprawling region with a population of 4,468,966 for the Metropolitan Statistical Area and a population of 5,410,014 for the nine county Combined Statistical Area as of the 2006 United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau estimates. The Windsor-Detroit area, a critical commercial link straddling the Canada-U.S. border, has a total population of about 6,000,000. Detroit's List of United States urban areas|urbanized area population sat at 3,903,377 as of 2000, ranking it ninth largest in the United States.
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