Dallas

Dallas () is a major ceety in the state o Texas an is the lairgest urban centre o the fowert maist populous metropolitan aurie in the Unitit States. The ceety proper ranks nint in the U.S. an third in Texas efter Houston an San Antonio. The ceety's prominence arose frae its historical importance as a centre for the ile an cotton industries, an its poseetion alang numerous railwey lines. The bulk o the ceety is in Dallas Coonty, o which it is the coonty seat; housomeivver, sections o the ceety are locatit in Collin, Denton, Kaufman, an Rockwall counties. Accordin tae the 2010 United States Census, the ceety haed a population o 1,197,816. The United States Census Bureau's estimate for the ceety's population increased tae 1,300,092 as o 1 Julie 2015.

Foondit in 1841 an formally incorporatit as a ceety in Februar, 1856, the ceety's economy is primarily based on bankin, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, an transportation, hame tae several Fortune 500 companies.Fortune 500: Ceeties wi 5 or mair FORTUNE 500 headquarters (2010) - Retrieved on November 1, 2010 Locatit in North Texas an a major ceety in the Soothwastren Unitit States, Dallas is the core o the lairgest inland metropolitan aurie in the Unitit States that lacks ony navigable link tae the sea.: In ascendin order frae the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (in terms o metropolitan population): Chicago via Loch Michigan, Los Angeles via the Paceefic Ocean, an New York Ceety via the Atlantic Ocean. The ceety's prominence arose frae its historical importance as a centre for the ile an cotton industries, its poseetion alang numerous railwey lines, a strang industrial an financial sector, an its status as a major inland port (due lairgely tae the presence o Dallas/Fort Worth Internaitional Airport, ane o the lairgest an busiest in the warld). It wis ratit as a beta warld ceety bi the Globalization an Warld Cities Study Group & Network.

 Sister ceeties 
Dallas haes sax Sister Ceeties an five Friendship Ceeties.

Sister Ceeties
  Brno, Czech Republic
  Dijon, Fraunce
  Monterrey, Mexico
  Riga, Latvie
  Saratov, Roushie
  Taipei, Taiwan

Friendship Ceeties
  Sendai, Japan
  Tianjin, Cheenae
  Qingdao, Cheenae
  Dalian, Cheenae
  Nanjing, Cheenae

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
 Official city website
 Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau




Category:Populatit places established in 1841
Category:Ceeties in Texas
Category:Ceeties in Collin Coonty, Texas
Category:Coonty seats in Texas
Category:Ceeties in Dallas Coonty, Texas
Category:Ceeties in Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Category:Ceeties in Denton Coonty, Texas
Category:Ceeties in Kaufman Coonty, Texas
Category:Ceeties in Rockwall Coonty, Texas