Dallas
Dallas (Template:PronEng) is the third-lairgest ceety in Texas[1][2] an the nint-lairgest in the Unitit States. As o 2009, the population o Dallas wis at 1.3 million accordin tae the US Census Bureau.[3] The ceety is the lairgest economic center o the 12-coonty Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan aurie that accordin tae the Mairch 2010 U.S. Census Bureau release, haed a population o roughly 6.5 million as o Julie 2009.[4] The metropolitan aurie is the fowert-lairgest metropolitan aurie in the Unitit States.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7] The ceety's prominence arose frae its historical importance as a center for the oil an cotton industries, its position alang numerous railroad 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).[8] It wis ratit as a beta warld ceety bi the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network.[9]
[edit] Sister ceeties
Dallas haes sax Sister Ceeties an five Friendship Ceeties.[10]
Sister Ceeties
Friendship Ceeties
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.texasalmanac.com/facts/
- ↑ http://www.citymayors.com/gratis/uscities_100.html
- ↑ San Diego holding steady at No. 8. SignOnSanDiego.com. Retrieved on 14 August 2010. .
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division (2010-03-19). Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01) (CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 1 Mey 2010. .
- ↑ Census: DFW adds more than 146,000 people. Retrieved on 1 Mey 2010. .
- ↑ Fortune 500: Ceeties wi 5 or mair FORTUNE 500 headquarters (2010) - Retrieved on November 1, 2010
- ↑ Template:Scaps: In ascendin order frae the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (in terms o metropolitan population): Chicago via Lake Michigan, Los Angeles via the Pacific Ocean, an New York Ceety via the Atlantic Ocean.
- ↑ Template:Handbook of Texas
- ↑ Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Loughborough University. GaWC - The World According to GaWC 2008. Retrieved on 1 Mairch 2009. .
- ↑ Sister Cities. Dallas-ecodev.org. Retrieved on 23 Mey 2010. .
[edit] Freemit airtins
- Official city website
- Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Template:Handbook of Texas
- Travel guide tae Dallas frae Wikitravel
