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 largest automobile industry center in the world 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 the city. 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 of1028,000 (1990), of which blacks account for 63%. Racial conflicts were acute, 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, with an area of 10363 square kilometers.

General Motors (GM) headquarters in Detroit, USA, taken on June 5438+065438+1October 08, 2008.

"Detroit" means "land of the straits" in French. It was originally a fur market and timber distribution center for Indians. 170 1 year, the French set up a trading post here and built a bunker to fight against the Indians. 1763, the British took advantage of this. It belonged to the United States in 1796. Established in 18 15. The current city flag is decorated with French lilies, British lions and American stars and stripes, which reflects the historical origin of the city.

/kloc-In the first half of the 0/9th century, due to the construction of railways, a large number of immigrants from Germany, Britain and the Netherlands poured into Europe. With the rapid development of shipbuilding and shipping, the steel industry and machinery industry have also developed. Relying on the advantages of nearby iron mines and steel mills, the city has gradually formed a huge automobile industry. Henry Ford, the "king of automobiles", founded the first large-scale automobile factory in 1903, and used the assembly line to produce automobiles for the first time in 19 14, which greatly improved the productivity. As the base camp of the three major American automobile companies-General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, Detroit became synonymous with American cars as early as 100 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 military production bases. 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 in America. This city where workers are concentrated is a place where the American workers' movement is active. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, a powerful trade union organization, the United Auto Workers of America, 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 auto parts and other commodities for automobile manufacturing companies. Canned baby food is produced in fremont in 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 the home of Wayne State University and university of detroit mercy. There are also the Detroit Art Association and the History Museum in the city. Kebo Pavilion 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, children's zoos, greenhouses and aquariums, as well as other parks with entertainment facilities. There is the longest suspension bridge in the world-Ambassador International Bridge. There is a museum in dearborn, Henry Ford's hometown.

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