Cairo (Illinois)

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Cairo
Cairo (Illinois)
Administration
Pays Drapeau des États-Unis États-Unis
État Drapeau de l'Illinois Illinois
Comté Alexander
Type de localité City
Maire Judson Childs
Code ZIP 62914
Démographie
Population 3 632 hab. (2000)
Densité 154 hab./km2
Géographie
Coordonnées 37° 00′ 47″ nord, 89° 10′ 49″ ouest
Altitude 96 m
Superficie 2 360 ha = 23,6 km2
· dont terre 18,2 km2 (77,12 %)
· dont eau 5,4 km2 (22,88 %)
Fuseau horaire CST (UTC-6)
Divers
Fondation 1818
Municipalité depuis 1858
Localisation
Géolocalisation sur la carte : États-Unis
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Cairo
Géolocalisation sur la carte : États-Unis
Voir sur la carte administrative des États-Unis
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Cairo
Géolocalisation sur la carte : Illinois
Voir sur la carte topographique de l'Illinois
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Cairo
Liens
Site web www.ci.quincy.il.us
modifier Consultez la documentation du modèle

Cairo (en anglais [ˈkeɪɹoʊ]) est une ville américaine située dans le comté d’Alexander, dans le sud de l’Illinois. Elle se trouve sur un site de confluence entre le Mississippi et l’Ohio. Cairo est le siège du comté d’Alexander.

Démographie

Historique des recensements
Ann. Pop.   %±
1850 242
—
1860 2 188 ▲ +804,13 %
1870 6 267 ▲ +186,43 %
1880 9 011 ▲ +43,78 %
1890 10 324 ▲ +14,57 %
1900 12 566 ▲ +21,72 %
1910 14 548 ▲ +15,77 %
1920 15 203 ▲ +4,5 %
1930 13 532 ▼ −10,99 %
1940 14 407 ▲ +6,47 %
1950 12 123 ▼ −15,85 %
1960 9 348 ▼ −22,89 %
1970 6 277 ▼ −32,85 %
1980 5 931 ▼ −5,51 %
1990 4 846 ▼ −18,29 %
2000 3 632 ▼ −25,05 %
2010 2 831 ▼ −22,05 %
Est. 2016 2 359 ▼ −16,67 %

Transports

Cairo possède un aéroport (code AITA : CIR).

Dans la culture populaire

  • Cairo est mentionné à plusieurs reprises dans la saison 2 de American Gods.
  • Le musicien de blues Henry Townsend a consacré à la ville une chanson intitulée "Cairo Blues"[1].

Source

  1. « Mississippi, le "vieux père" de l'Amérique - Ép. 2/5 - Chansons d'eau douce », sur France Culture (consulté le )

Liens externes

Médias utilisés sur cette page

CairoIL from space annotated.jpg

Astronaut photo of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at Cairo, Illinois.


International Space Station InsigniaISS Crew Earth Observations: ISS012-E-15035International Space Station Insignia
Identification
Mission ISS012 (Expedition 12)
Roll E
Frame 15035
Country or Geographic Name USA-ILLINOIS
Features CAIRO, MISSISSIPPI R., OHIO R.
Center Point Latitude 37.0° N
Center Point Longitude -89.2° E
Camera
Camera Tilt 17°
Camera Focal Length 400 mm
Camera Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera
Film 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array.
Quality
Percentage of Cloud Cover 0-10%
Nadir What is Nadir?
Date 2006-01-12
Time 18:38:03
Nadir Point Latitude 37.2° N
Nadir Point Longitude -88.3° E
Nadir to Photo Center Direction West
Sun Azimuth 190°
Spacecraft Altitude 185 nautical miles (343 km)
Sun Elevation Angle 31°
Orbit Number 867
Original image caption
The Ohio River becomes a tributary of the Mississippi River directly south of Cairo, Illinois, a small city on the spit of land where the rivers converge (at center of this astronaut photograph). Brown, sediment-laden water flowing generally northeast to south from the Ohio River is distinct from the green and relatively sediment-poor water of the Mississippi River (flowing northwest to south). The color of the rivers in this image is reversed from the usual condition of a green Ohio and a brown Mississippi. This suggests that the very high rainfall in December 2005 over the Appalachians and the northeastern United States has led to greater-than-normal amounts of sediment in the rivers and streams of the Ohio River watershed. The distinct boundary between the two river’s waters indicates that little to no mixing occurs even 5-6 kilometers (3-4 miles) downstream.


Cairo became a prosperous port following the Civil War due to increased riverboat and railroad commerce. Small features visible in the image on the Ohio are river barges, which indicate the continued importance of Cairo as a transport hub. Flooding of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers presents a continual danger to the city; this danger is lessened by the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway that begins directly to the south of the river confluence. During major flood events, the floodway lessens flood stages upstream (such as at Cairo) and adjacent to the floodway. Part of the extensive levee system associated with flood control of the Mississippi River is visible in the image. Barlow Bottoms (image right), located in adjacent Kentucky, is a wetland bird-watching location that is replenished by periodic floods and releases of Ohio River water.
Usa edcp (+HI +AL) relief location map.png
Auteur/Créateur: TUBSEmail Silk.svg Gallery, Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Location map of the USA (Hawaii and Alaska shown in sidemaps).

Main map: EquiDistantConicProjection : Central parallel :

* N: 37.0° N

Central meridian :

* E: 96.0° W

Standard parallels:

* 1: 32.0° N
* 2: 42.0° N

Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com.

Formulas for x and y:

x = 50.0 + 124.03149777329222 * ((1.9694462586094064-({{{2}}}* pi / 180))
      * sin(0.6010514667026994 * ({{{3}}} + 96) * pi / 180))
y = 50.0 + 1.6155950752393982 * 124.03149777329222 * 0.02613325650382181
      - 1.6155950752393982  * 124.03149777329222 *
     (1.3236744353715044  - (1.9694462586094064-({{{2}}}* pi / 180)) 
      * cos(0.6010514667026994 * ({{{3}}} + 96) * pi / 180))

Hawaii side map: Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 107 %. Geographic limits of the map:

  • N: 22.4° N
  • S: 18.7° N
  • W: 160.7° W
  • E: 154.6° W

Alaska side map: Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 210.0 %. Geographic limits of the map:

  • N: 72.0° N
  • S: 51.0° N
  • W: 172.0° E
  • E: 129.0° W
Usa edcp (+HI +AK) relief location map.png
Auteur/Créateur: TUBSEmail Silk.svg Gallery, Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Location map of the USA (Hawaii and Alaska shown in sidemaps).

Main map: EquiDistantConicProjection : Central parallel :

* N: 37.0° N

Central meridian :

* E: 96.0° W

Standard parallels:

* 1: 32.0° N
* 2: 42.0° N

Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com.

Formulas for x and y:

x = 50.0 + 124.03149777329222 * ((1.9694462586094064-({{{2}}}* pi / 180))
      * sin(0.6010514667026994 * ({{{3}}} + 96) * pi / 180))
y = 50.0 + 1.6155950752393982 * 124.03149777329222 * 0.02613325650382181
      - 1.6155950752393982  * 124.03149777329222 *
     (1.3236744353715044  - (1.9694462586094064-({{{2}}}* pi / 180)) 
      * cos(0.6010514667026994 * ({{{3}}} + 96) * pi / 180))

Hawaii side map: Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 107 %. Geographic limits of the map:

  • N: 22.4° N
  • S: 18.7° N
  • W: 160.7° W
  • E: 154.6° W

Alaska side map: Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 210.0 %. Geographic limits of the map:

  • N: 72.0° N
  • S: 51.0° N
  • W: 172.0° E
  • E: 129.0° W
Usa edcp (+HI +AK) location map.svg
Auteur/Créateur: TUBSEmail Silk.svg Gallery, Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Location map of the USA (Hawaii and Alaska shown in sidemaps).

Main map: EquiDistantConicProjection : Central parallel :

* N: 37.0° N

Central meridian :

* E: 96.0° W

Standard parallels:

* 1: 32.0° N
* 2: 42.0° N

Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com.

Formulas for x and y:

x = 50.0 + 124.03149777329222 * ((1.9694462586094064-({{{2}}}* pi / 180))
      * sin(0.6010514667026994 * ({{{3}}} + 96) * pi / 180))
y = 50.0 + 1.6155950752393982 * 124.03149777329222 * 0.02613325650382181
      - 1.6155950752393982  * 124.03149777329222 *
     (1.3236744353715044  - (1.9694462586094064-({{{2}}}* pi / 180)) 
      * cos(0.6010514667026994 * ({{{3}}} + 96) * pi / 180))

Hawaii side map: Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 107 %. Geographic limits of the map:

  • N: 22.4° N
  • S: 18.7° N
  • W: 160.7° W
  • E: 154.6° W

Alaska side map: Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 210.0 %. Geographic limits of the map:

  • N: 72.0° N
  • S: 51.0° N
  • W: 172.0° E
  • E: 129.0° W
USA Illinois relief location map.svg
Auteur/Créateur: SANtosito, Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Relief location map of Illinois, USA

Geographic limits of the map:

  • N: 42.7° N
  • S: 36.8° N
  • W: 92.2° W
  • E: 86.4° W
Map of Illinois highlighting Alexander County.svg
This is a locator map showing Alexander County in Illinois. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps.