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Dallas (/ˈdæləs/) is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea.[a]

The cities of Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed due to the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle and later oil in North and East Texas. The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced Dallas's prominence as a transportation hub, with four major interstate highways converging in the city and a fifth interstate loop around it. Dallas then developed as a strong industrial and financial center and a major inland port, due to the convergence of major railroad lines, interstate highways and the construction of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. In addition, Dallas has DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) with different colored train lines that transport throughout the Metroplex.

Dominant sectors of its diverse economy include defense, financial services, information technology, telecommunications, and transportation. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex hosts 23 Fortune 500 companies, the second most in Texas and fourth most in the United States, and 11 of those companies are located within Dallas city limits. Over 41 colleges and universities are located within its metropolitan area, which is the most of any metropolitan area in Texas. The city has a population from a myriad of ethnic and religious backgrounds and one of the largest LGBT communities in the U.S. WalletHub named Dallas the fifth most diverse city in the United States in 2018.

Baoji, known as Chen Cang and Yongcheng in ancient times, is known as "the hometown of Emperor Yan and the hometown of bronzes". It is an important node city of Guanzhong Plain Urban agglomeration and the deputy central city of Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone. Located in the west of Guanzhong Plain, it has jurisdiction over 3 districts and 9 counties, with a total area of 18100 square kilometers. At the end of 2018, the resident population was 3.771 million. Baoji has a long history and is the seat of Baoxue (Baoji School). It has a history of more than 2700 years. It has unearthed the four great national treasures of the late Qing Dynasty, stone drums, he Zun and other cultural relics, as well as Chinese crafts such as Xifu Social Fire, Fengxiang wooden New year paintings, clay sculptures and so on. Baoji is a national civilized city, an excellent tourist city in China, a national forest city and a national ecological garden city. It has Famen Temple, Taibai Mountain National Forest Park, Guanshan grassland and Chinese Stone Drum Garden (Baoji).
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