

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, it became an important industrial hub at the center of the Great Lakes region. In 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the future city of Detroit. Detroit and its neighboring Canadian city Windsor are connected through a highway tunnel, railway tunnel, and the Ambassador Bridge, which is the second-busiest international crossing in North America, after San Diego–Tijuana. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport is among the most important hubs in the United States. As of 2007, the Detroit metropolitan area is the number one exporting region among 310 defined metropolitan areas in the United States. automobile industry, and the " Big Three" auto manufacturers General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis North America are all headquartered in Metro Detroit. Detroit is best known as the center of the U.S.

The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional economy in the Midwest, behind Chicago and ahead of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and the 14th-largest in the United States. ĭetroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music and as a repository for art, architecture and design, along with its historical automotive background. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and 14th-largest in the United States. The municipality of Detroit had a 2020 population of 639,111 according to the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. city on the United States–Canada border, and the county seat of Wayne County.

Young International Airportĭetroit ( / d ɪ ˈ t r ɔɪ t/, locally also / ˈ d iː t r ɔɪ t/ French: Détroit) is the largest and most populous city in the U.S.
