Which city in America is called Motor City?

Detroit is located on the Detroit River in southeastern Michigan, across the river from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is the world's largest automobile industry center and is known as the "automobile capital of the world". Detroit is adjacent to Lake St. Clare in the east, and the Detroit River runs through downtown. A 72-story building stands by the river, which is the "Renaissance Center". It is the symbol of Detroit, the motor city. It covers an area of 359 square kilometers and has a population of 1.28 million (199), of which blacks account for 63%. Racial conflicts are sharp, and large-scale "racial riots" broke out in 1943 and 1967. The metropolitan area includes six suburban counties such as Wayne and nearby small and medium-sized towns, covering an area of 1,363 square kilometers.

General Motors (GM) headquarters in Detroit, USA, taken on November 18th, 28.

"Detroit" means "the place of the straits" in French. Originally a fur market and timber distribution center for Indians. In 171, the French set up a trading post here and built a bunker to fight against the Indians. In 1763, the British took advantage of it. It belonged to the United States in 1796. Established in 1815. The current city flag is decorated with French lilies, English lions and American stars and stripes, which reflects the historical origin of the city.

in the first half of the 19th century, due to the construction of railways, a large number of immigrants from Germany, Britain and the Netherlands flocked to Europe. With the rapid development of shipbuilding and shipping industry, steel industry and machinery industry have also developed. Relying on the advantages of iron ore and steel mills nearby, this city has gradually formed a huge automobile industry. Henry Ford, the "automobile king", founded the first large-scale automobile factory in 193, and used the assembly line to produce automobiles for the first time in 1914, which greatly improved the productivity. As the base camp of the three major American automobile companies-General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, Detroit began to be synonymous with American cars as early as 1 years ago, and Detroit's automobile industry has also become a major artery of the American economy.

During World War I and World War II, it was one of the important bases for military production. In addition to the automobile industry, machinery manufacturing, chemical industry, hardware, medicine and other industries are also very developed. The salt mine under the city is one of the largest salt mines in the United States. This city where workers are concentrated is a place where the American workers' movement is active. During the Great Depression of the 193s, a powerful trade union organization, the United Auto Workers' Union, was organized for workers struggling for unemployment.

There are many satellite cities around Detroit, such as Grand Rapids, Warren, Flint and other industrial cities. Most of them manufacture automobile parts for automobile manufacturing companies and other commodities. Canned baby food is made in Fremont, the western part of the Lower Peninsula. The furniture manufacturing industry in Grand Rapids is extremely prosperous. Kalamazoo is the most prosperous paper industry. Bater Creek is a grain distribution center.

This is where Wayne State University and university of detroit mercy are located. There are also Detroit Art Society and History Museum in the city. Cobo Hall is one of the largest exhibition venues in the world. And fort wayne, which was built in 1849. Bell Island on the Detroit River is a park with gardens, a children's zoo, a greenhouse and an aquarium, as well as other parks with recreational facilities. There is the longest suspension bridge in the world-Ambassador International Bridge. Dearborn, the hometown of Henry Ford, has a museum.

There is a tunnel between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.