Also known as
  • Motor City,
  • Hockeytown,
  • Arsenal of Democracy,
  • Detroit, Michigan
Detroit (, pronounced ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded in 1701 by the Frenchman Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. It is known as the world's traditional automotive center "Detroit" is a metonym for the American automobile industry and an... full article at wikipedia

  Location

Date founded
  • 1701
Date dissolved
Population
number
date
  • 918,849
  • 2007
  • 951,270
  • 2000
  • 1,027,974
  • 1990
  • 1,203,368
  • 1980
  • 1,514,063
  • 1970
  • 871,121
  • 2006
GDP (nominal)
GDP (nominal per capita)
CO2 emissions - total
CO2 emissions - residential
CO2 emissions - commercial
CO2 emissions - industrial
CO2 emissions - mobile
Automobiles per capita
Places exported to
Places imported from
Major exports
Major imports

  Film

Featured In Films
film
initial release date
  • Jul 17, 1987
  • Jul 4, 2007
  • Nov 8, 2002
  • Jun 22, 2007
  • Dec 25, 1992
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by Metaweb 1 day ago

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