Geography
The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The metropolitan area is further divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington. Residents of this region informally refer to it as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex or simply the Metroplex. North Texas is also a commonly-used term.The whole area that the metroplex overlooks is mostly prairie with a few rolling hills dotted by man made lakes and cut by streams, creeks, and rivers. Most of the forest land is located near rivers, creeks and streams. The areas around Dallas are located in what is called the "blackland prairie" named for the fertile black soil. There, crops such as cotton, corn, as well as other crops are grown around Dallas and the following other counties : Collin, Rockwall, Hunt, Kaufman, rural parts of Dallas county and Ellis County. As these rural areas get developed into suburbs, it is pretty common to see cotton fields close or adjacent to new developing areas. Currently, new development is replacing the cotton fields in Collin County. North Dallas, Southern Denton, and Southern Collin County have the most of the dense new development of the metroplex, while new development in the the other counties around Fort Worth and South and and East Dallas is more sprawled or spread out. The land around Fort Worth known as the Barnet Shale. Although Ft Worth is prairie, it is of a different soil type. Being less fertile and more rocky means most of the rural land is used as ranchland and gas wells. This area includes Wise, rural parts of Tarrant, Parker, Johnson, and Denton County. Just like Dallas, suburbs and new developments are replacing the ranches. It's pretty common to see new developments around ranches and gas wells. South of Dallas and Fort Worth is a line of rugged hills that run north to south for approximately 15 miles. These hills look similar to the hills of the Texas Hill Country which is 200 miles to the South. You will find this to be the most scenic area between Dallas and Fort Worth.
Economic Activity
The cities of Dallas and Fort Worth are the anchor cities of the Metroplex. Dallas and its suburbs have one of the highest concentrations of corporate headquarters in the United States where many large corportations in the Metroplex conduct their day to day business. The Metroplex also contains the largest Information Technology Industry base in the state (often referred to as Silicon Prairie). This name is owed to the large number of corporate IT projects and the presence of numerous electronics, computing and telecom firms such as Texas Instruments, Electronic Data Systems, Perot Systems, i2, AT&T, and Verizon in and around Dallas. On the other end of the business spectrum, and on the other side of the Metroplex, the Texas farming 
and ranching industry is based in Fort Worth. According to the Dallas Business Journal's 2006 Book of Lists, American Airlines is the largest employer in the Metroplex. Several major defense manufacturers, including Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopter Textron, and Raytheon, maintain significant operations in the Metroplex. ExxonMobile, the #2 corporation on the Fortune 500 listings, is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
Higher Education
The Metroplex area is the home of several institutions of higher learning and education such as Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Southern Methodist University in Dallas(SMU), University of North Texas in Denton (UNT) and University of Texas at Arlington (UT) in Arlington. All in all, the Metroplex offers many educational choices for all.
Sports
The Metroplex is one of just thirteen American metropolitan areas that has a team in each of the four major professional sports leagues. Major professional sports first came to the area in 1960, when the Dallas Cowboys began competing in the National Football League and the Dallas Texans began competing in the American Football League (the Texans would later relocate to Kansas and become the Chiefs). In 1972, Major League Baseball's Washington Senators moved to Arlington to become the Texas Rangers. The National Basketball Association expanded into North Texas in 1980, when the Dallas Mavericks were added to the league. The fourth piece was added in 1993 when the Minnisota North Stars of the National Hockey League became the Dallas Stars. The area is also home to many other minor-league professional teams, our four colleges that compete in NCAA Division I athletics, and has played host to many premiere sports events on both an annual and one-time basis.
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