
The City of Dallas is the largest one in the eponymous county and the ninth most populated area in the USA. It forms the core of the vast metropolitan area that has everything except the navigation links to sea routes. A former center of oil, cattle and cotton industries, nowadays Dallas grew into much more than that. Its economic prominence was reinforced after the construction of railways through the territory, as well as the Interstate Highway System. Nowadays, Dallas is a famous business center, with a well-developed industrial, technological, financial, and other spheres. The city limits host 9 of Fortune500 companies and a vast array of other smaller firms. Some more are placed in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Dallas boasts the presence of defense, ICT, telecommunication, logistics, media, and other industries.