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Dallas
Facts
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Dallas
Facts
The
population of Dallas is approximately 1,052,300 (1997).
The approximate number of families is 465,600 (1990).
The amount of surface water is 110.017 sq kilometers.
The distance from Dallas to Washington DC is 1226 miles.
The distance to the Texas state capital is 181 miles. (as the
crow flies)
Dallas is positioned 32.79 degrees north of the equator and
96.76 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Dallas elevation is 450-750 feet above sea level. |
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Dallas
Location
Dallas
location: in North Central Texas, about 35 miles east of Fort
Worth. Dallas is in the Central Time Zone. |
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Dallas
Weather
There
are 137 days of sunshine, on the average, each year in Dallas!
Dallas average annual rainfall is 33.7 inches per year
Dallas average temperature is 65.4 degrees F.
The average low temperature is 54.6 degrees F.
The average high temperature is 76.3 degrees F. |
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Dallas
History
Settled
in 1841 by a Tennessee lawyer and entrepreneur named John Neely
Bryan. |
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Dallas
Commerce and Economy
Dallas
ended the 19th century was a leading agricultural, railroad
and trade center. As the 20th century unfolded, Dallas changed
with the times: manufacturing, banking and center of the world
cotton market in 1910s-'20s; oil field management and services
in the 1930s; aviation and military manufacturing in the 1940s;
wholesale trade and distribution in the 1950s; high tech manufacturing
and professional sports in the 1960s; suburban growth and international
air hub in the 1970s; and international business, real estate
development and landmark skyscrapers in the 1980s. |
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