Grand Prairie [1] ( born Grand Prairie ) - a city in the north-west of Texas , USA .
| City | |
| Grand Prairie | |
|---|---|
| English Grand prairie | |
 | |
| A country |  USA |
| State | Texas |
| County | Dallas |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | 1863 |
| Former names | Decmen |
| City with | 1909 |
| Square | 210.02 km² |
| Center height | 157 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 6 ; summer UTC − 5 |
| Population | |
| Population | 175 396 people ( 2010 ) |
| Density | 939.2 people / km² |
| Nationalities | white - 52.6% African Americans - 20.0% Asians - 6.5% |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 972, 214, 469, 817, 682 |
| Postcode | 75050-75054 |
| FIPS | 48-30464 |
| GNIS | |
| gptx.org | |
The population is 175,396 people (2010). The head of the city is Charles England. Climate type refers to subtropical marine. Grand Prairie is located 27 km from Dallas . There are three airports in its vicinity: Dallas (Redbird Airport), Dallas / Fort Worth International, Dallas Love Field. Not far from the village, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant is also located. Entertainment includes a zoo, several golf clubs, the Verizon Theater, Traders Village - the largest flea market in the state, QuikTrip Park Stadium, owned by The Grand Prairie AirHogs minor baseball league, and the historical Uptown Theater in the city center.
Grand Prairie is the hometown of actress and singer Selena Gomez , artist Larry D. Alexander , football players Wesley Duke and Charlie Taylor , actor Billy Miller .
Notes
- ↑ Mexico, countries of Central America // Atlas of the world / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 170—171. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).