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About Dallas

Population

1,317,929 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, 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, Rowlett, Terrell, The Colony, University Park, Waxahachie, Weatherford

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
1,617	All Buildings
1,456	existing
15	under construction
40	planned
61	unbuilt
45	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	738 ft	1987
5	Fountain Place	720 ft	1986

Building types

No.	Type
832	low-rise building
312	high-rise building
231	house
84	mast (pole)
74	skyscraper
37	open-air structure
16	mast (framework)
5	church
5	hall
4	stadium
3	airport tower
3	bridge
2	sculpture
1	mast (wired)
1	outdoor theater
1	building with towers
1	observation tower
1	ferris wheel
1	multi-story building
1	subterranean building
1	temple
1	monumental hall

Other buildings

No.	Type
19	Famous buildings
20	Buildings with construction images