Peoria, Illinois

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Peoria is a large city on the Illinois River in the U.S. state of Illinois. In the 2000 census, it had more than 110,000 people living in it. It is the home of the Peoria Rivermen ice hockey team. One of Peoria's largest businesses is Caterpillar, a company that makes bulldozers, mining trucks, and other kinds of tractors.

Many people drive in and out of Peoria on U.S. Interstate Highway 74 and U.S. Interstate Highway 155. Peoria is 157 miles southwest of Chicago by highway.