Champaign, Illinois
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Champaign |
| Elevation | 764 ft (233 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°06′54″N 88°16′22″W / 40.11500°N 88.27278°WCoordinates: 40°06′54″N 88°16′22″W / 40.11500°N 88.27278°W |
| Area | 22.46 sq mi (58.2 km2) |
| - land | 22.43 sq mi (58 km2) |
| - water | 0.03 sq mi (0 km2), 0.13% |
| Population | 86,096 (2015) |
| - urban | 145,361 |
| - metro | 231,891 |
| Density | 3,613.2/sq mi (1,395/km2) |
| Founded | 1855 (West Urbana) |
| - Incorporated Town | 1860 (Champaign) |
| - City Charter | 1866 |
| Mayor | Deborah Frank Feinen |
| Timezone | CST (UTC−6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) |
| Postal code | 61820-61822 and PO BOX Only Codes 61824-61826 |
| Area code | 217 |
 Location of City of Champaign Township within Champaign County
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Champaign (English /ˌʃæmˈpeɪn/) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The city is 135 miles (217 km) south of Chicago, 124 miles (200 km) west of Indianapolis, Indiana, and 178 mi (286 km) northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. The United States Census Bureau estimates the city was home to 84,513 people as of July 1, 2014. Champaign is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois, and the state's fourth-most populous city outside of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign with its sister city of Urbana. Champaign is also the home of Parkland College which serves about 18,000 students during the academic year. Due to the university and a number of well known technology startup companies, it is often referred to as the hub, or a significant landmark, of the Silicon Prairie. Champaign houses offices for Abbott, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Caterpillar, Deere & Company, Dow Chemical Company, IBM, State Farm, and Intel all of which are Fortune 500 companies, and for Sony.
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