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City of Dallas

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Motto: Live Large. Think Big.

Location in Dallas County and the state of Texas
Coordinates: 32°46'58?N 96°48'14?W? / ?32.78278, -96.80389
Country
United States of America
State
Texas
Counties
Dallas
Collin
Denton
Rockwall
Kaufman
Incorporated
2 February 1856
Government
- Mayor
Tom Leppert
Area
- City
385.0 sq mi (997.1 km?)
- Land
342.5 sq mi (887.2 km?)
- Water
42.5 sq mi (110.0 km?)
Elevation
430 ft (131 m)
Population (2006)
- City
1,232,940 (9th)
- Density
3,605.08/sq mi (1,391.9/km?)
- Metro
6,003,967
Time zone
Central (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)
Central (UTC-5)
Area code(s)
214, 469, 972
FIPS code
48-19000[1]
GNIS feature ID
1380944[2]
Website: http://www.dallascityhall.com
Dallas (pronounced /'d?l?s/) is the third-largest (as estimated by the United States Census Bureau on 1 July 2006) city in the state of Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The city covers 385 square miles (997 km?) and is the county seat of Dallas County.[3] As of July 1, 2006, U.S. Census estimates put central Dallas at a population of over 1.2 million.[4]The city is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas?Fort Worth metropolitan area?at 6 million people, it is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Dallas is listed as a gamma world city by the Loughborough University Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network.[5]
Dallas was founded in 1841 and formally incorporated as a city on 2 February 1856. The city's economy is primarily based on the petroleum industry, telecommunications, computer technology, banking, and transportation. It is the core of the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States and lacks any navigable link to the sea[6]?Dallas's prominence despite this comes from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, its position along numerous railroad lines, and a strong industrial and financial sector.[7]
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