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    Detroit ( / dɪˈtrɔɪt /; dih-TROYT, locally also / ˈdiːtrɔɪt /) [7] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [8] making it the 29th-most populous city in the ...

  2. v. t. e. Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. [1] Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes.

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    Detroit is a city where many automobiles are made and this is why it is sometimes called the "Motor City", or "Motown". Many people call it the car capital of the world. General Motors, Ford and Chryslerhave their offices and many of their plants in and around Detroit. Detroit is the home of many sport teams including the Detroit Lions (NFL), Detro...

    Detroit is home to one of the largest black communities in the United States, with 77% being African-American. Detroit also has a large Arab population. Many Arabs live in metro Detroit. The Arab-American community in Detroit began with a small group of Syrian and Lebanese merchants who immigrated to Detroit in the late 1800s.Mexicans have recently...

    Detroit has a humid continental climate (Dfa in the Köppen climate classification), and is influenced by the nearby Great Lakes. Detroit usually has around 38 days of snow every year.

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  3. 6 days ago · Detroit, Michigan. Detroit, city, seat of Wayne county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It is located on the Detroit River (connecting Lakes Erie and St. Clair) opposite Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1701 by a French trader, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who built a fort on the river and named it Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit in ...

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  4. Downtown Detroit is the central business district and a residential area of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States.Locally, downtown tends to refer to the 1.4 square mile region bordered by M-10 (Lodge Freeway) to the west, Interstate 75 (I-75, Fisher Freeway) to the north, I-375 (Chrysler Freeway) to the east, and the Detroit River to the south.

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  5. www.wikiwand.com › en › DetroitDetroit - Wikiwand

    Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 29th-most populous city in the United States. The Metro Detroit area, home to 4.3 million people, is the second-largest in the Midwest after the ...

  6. It was the capital of the state of Michigan from its creation in 1837 until 1847, when the capital was moved to Lansing. Ford Motor Company plant, River Rouge, west of Detroit, Michigan, c. 1930s. Built between 1917 and 1925, it became the model for assembly-line production, turning parts at one end into finished cars at the other.

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