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Arlington is a city in Texas, located in Tarrant County.
It forms part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort
Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a
principal city of the metropolis and region. The city had a
population of 394,266 in 2020, making it the second-largest
city in the county after Fort Worth. Arlington is the
50th-most populous city in the United States, the
seventh-most populous city in the state of Texas, and the
largest city in the state that is not a county seat. |
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Arlington is home to the University of
Texas at Arlington, a major urban research
university, the Arlington Assembly plant
used by General Motors, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission Region IV, Texas
Health Resources, Mensa International, and
D. R. Horton. Additionally, Arlington hosts
the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field, the
Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium, the Dallas
Wings at College Park Center, the
International Bowling Campus (which houses
the United States Bowling Congress,
International Bowling Museum and the
International Bowling Hall of Fame), and the
theme parks Six Flags Over Texas (the
original Six Flags) and Hurricane Harbor. |
