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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.

Shiquan County is located in the west of Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, with Qinling Mountains and Nanqianba Mountain in the north, located in the hinterland of Qinba and the bank of Han River, with a total area of 1525 square kilometers. It is a national key county for poverty alleviation and development. Shiquan County was founded in the first year of Emperor Fei in the Western Wei Dynasty (AD 525). It was named because of "many springs in the stone gap in the south of the city and endless runoff". Shiquan County is a national health county and provincial garden county; it is an important destination of Qinba Han River eco-tourism, known as "Qinba landscape, Shiquan ten beauties"; it is the first sericulture industry county in the west, known as "the source of the Silk Road and the hometown of golden silkworms"; it is an important water conservation place for the national south-to-north water transfer and an important electric energy base in the west. It is an important birthplace of pre-Qin culture. Gui Guzi, the ancestor of the vertical and horizontal school, practiced and taught his apprentice in Shiquan County, also known as the hometown of Gui Guzi.
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