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About Dallas

Population

1,304,379 in city
6,805,275 in metro

Size

887 km² (342 mi²)

Altitude

148 m

A major inland American city, Dallas is the largest city in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – a multi-polar regional metropolis. The city and metropolitan area lies amidst vast, high, and varying rolling prairies – with hundreds of large and small lakes, rivers, creeks, waterways and meanders. Dallas, nicknamed the Big D, is often a reference to where 'America's East really ends,' and Fort Worth is where 'America's West really begins.' Freeways and suburban sprawl rule here, but the downtown boasts an impressive skyline that is all the more remarkable at night thanks to some creative lighting. Many of the towers were built up during the 1980s energy boom. This energy boom and the city were made famous with the popular "Dallas" television series that ran from 1978 to 1991.

Metro Cities

Addison, Allen, Arlington, Azle, Balch Springs, Bedford, Benbrook, Burleson, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Cleburne, Colleyville, Commerce, Coppell, Corinth, Dallas, Decatur, Denton, DeSoto, Duncanville, Durant, Ennis, Euless, Fairview, Farmers Branch, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Garland, Granbury, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Greenville, Hurst, Irving, Italy, Keller, Lancaster, Lewisville, Mansfield, McKinney, Mesquite, North Richland Hills, Plano, Richardson, Rockwall, Rowlett, Terrell, The Colony, University Park, Waxahachie, Weatherford

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
1,731	All Buildings
1,554	existing
10	under construction
26	planned
81	unbuilt
60	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	Bank of America Plaza	921 ft	1985
2	Renaissance Tower	886 ft	1974
3	Comerica Bank Tower	787 ft	1987
4	JP Morgan Chase Tower	721 ft	1987
5	Fountain Place	720 ft	1986

Building types

No.	Type
889	low-rise building
346	high-rise building
235	house
84	mast (pole)
84	skyscraper
45	open-air structure
16	mast (framework)
6	church
5	hall
4	stadium
3	airport tower
3	bridge
3	sculpture
1	temple
1	building with towers
1	outdoor theater
1	monumental hall
1	subterranean building
1	ferris wheel
1	observation tower
1	mast (wired)

Other buildings

No.	Type
17	Famous buildings
31	Buildings with construction images