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Το '''Άρλινγκτον''' είναι πόλη στην [[Κομητεία Τάρραντ, Τέξας|Κομητεία Τάρραντ]], [[Τέξας]] ([[Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες|ΗΠΑ]]) μέσα στην [[μητροπολιτικό σύμπλεγμα Ντάλλας Φορτ Γουόρθ|μητροπολιτική περιοχή Ντάλλας-Φορτ Γουόρθ]]. Σύμφωνα με τα αποτελέσματα της απογραφής του 2010, η πόλη είχε πληθυσμό 365.438,<ref name="dmn30">{{cite news |work=The Texas Tribune |title=Minorities Drove Texas Growth, Census Figures Show |url=http://www.texastribune.org/texas-counties-and-demographics/census/minorities-drove-texas-growth-census-figures-show/ |date=2011-02-18}}</ref> καθιστάμενη τρίτος μεγαλύτερος δήμος στο μητροπολιτικό σύμπλεγμα. Το Άρλινγκτον είναι η [[Κατάλογος πόλεων των Ηνωμένων Πολιτεών κατά πληθυσμό|πεντηκοστή πολυπληθέστερη πόλη]] στις [[Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής]] και [[Κατάλογος πόλεων στο Τέξας κατά πληθυσμό|έβδομη πολυπληθέστερη]] πόλη στην πολιτεία του [[Τέξας]]·<ref name="dmn1">{{cite news |work=The Dallas Morning News |title=McKinney falls to third in rank of fastest-growing cities in U.S. |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/071008dnmetpopulation.43799b9.html |first=Ian |last=McCann |date=2008-07-10}}</ref> είναι επίσης η μεγαλύτερη πόλη στην πολιτεία η οποία δεν είναι κομητειακή έδρα.
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Arlington, Texas
|official_name = City of Arlington
|[[Nickname]](s) = Agg town, A-town
|settlement_type = [[City]]
|image_skyline = ArlingtonTXMontage1.png
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|image_caption = Images from top, left to right: [[Cowboys Stadium]], [[University of Texas at Arlington]], [[Rangers Ballpark in Arlington]], Lake Arlington, [[Six Flags Over Texas]]
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Tarrant County, Texas|Tarrant]] City Type: City
|government_type = Council-Manager [http://www.ArlingtonTX.gov/CityManager/]
|leader_title = [[City Council]]
|leader_name = [[Mayor]] [[Robert Cluck]] <br /> Kathryn Wilemon <br /> Jimmy Bennett <br /> Sheri Capehart <br /> Michael Glaspie <br /> Robert Rivera <br /> Robert Shephard <br /> Lana Wolff
|leader_title1 = [[City Manager]]
|leader_name1 = Trey Yelverton
|area_magnitude = 1 E8
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|population_total = 365,438 (50th largest)
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|timezone = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CST]]
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'''Arlington''' is a city in [[Tarrant County, Texas|Tarrant County]], [[Texas]] ([[United States|USA]]) within the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas–Fort Worth]] metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438,<ref name="dmn30">{{cite news |work=The Texas Tribune |title=Minorities Drove Texas Growth, Census Figures Show |url=http://www.texastribune.org/texas-counties-and-demographics/census/minorities-drove-texas-growth-census-figures-show/ |date=2011-02-18}}</ref> making it the third largest municipality in the [[Dallas – Fort Worth metroplex|Metroplex]]. Arlington is the [[List of United States cities by population|fiftieth most populous]] city in the [[United States of America]] and the [[List of cities in Texas by population|seventh most populous]] city in the state of [[Texas]];<ref name="dmn1">{{cite news |work=The Dallas Morning News |title=McKinney falls to third in rank of fastest-growing cities in U.S. |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/071008dnmetpopulation.43799b9.html |first=Ian |last=McCann |date=2008-07-10}}</ref> it is also the largest city in the state that is not a county seat.
Located approximatelyΕυρισκόμενο περίπου<span style="white-space:nowrap">12 miles (19 km)</span> eastανατολικά ofτου [[FortΦορτ WorthΓουόρθ, TexasΤέξας|downtownκεντρικού FortΦορτ WorthΓουόρθ]] andκαι <span style="white-space:nowrap">20 miles (32 km)</span> westδυτικά ofτου [[downtownκέντρο Dallasτου Ντάλλας|downtownκέντρου του]] [[DallasΝτάλλας, TexasΤέξας|DallasΝτάλλας]], Arlingtonτο isΆρλινγκτον homeείναι toέδρα theτου [[University of Texas at Arlington]], a doctoral-granting institution, andκαι aενός εργοστασίου συναρμολόγησης της General Motors. assemblyΕπιπλέον plant.το AdditionallyΆρλινγκτον Arlingtonφιλοξενεί hosts theτο [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers']] [[Rangers Ballpark in Arlington]], [[Cowboys Stadium]], the International Bowling Campus (which houses the [[United States Bowling Congress]], [[International Bowling Museum]] and the [[International Bowling Hall of Fame]]), the headquarters for [[American Mensa]], and the [[theme park]]s [[Six Flags Over Texas]] (the original Six Flags) and [[Hurricane Harbor]]. The city borders [[Kennedale, Texas|Kennedale]], [[Grand Prairie, Texas|Grand Prairie]], [[Mansfield, Texas|Mansfield]] and [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], and surrounds the smaller communities of [[Dalworthington Gardens, Texas|Dalworthington Gardens]] and [[Pantego, Texas|Pantego]]. ArlingtonΤο isΆρλινγκτον theείναι headquartersη ofέδρα theτου [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV]].
ArlingtonΤο isΆρλινγκτον theείναι largestη cityμεγαλύτερη inπόλη theστις UnitedΗνωμένες StatesΠολιτείες withoutχωρίς aδημόσιο publicσύστημα transit systemμεταφορών.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eskenazi|first=Joe|title=Arlington, Home of the Rangers, Largest City in U.S. Without Public Transit. Blame the Rangers|url=http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/10/arlington_world_series_no_publ.php|work=SF Weekly Online - "The Snitch" blog|accessdate=07-05-12}}</ref>
==HistoryΙστορία==
EuropeanΗ settlementευρωπαϊκή inεγκατάσταση theστην Arlingtonπεριοχή areaτου datesΆρλινγκτον backανάγεται atτουλάχιστον leastστην toδεκαετία theτου 1840s1840. After the May 24, 1841 battle between Texas General Edward H. Tarrant (Tarrant County is named for him) and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] of the Village Creek settlement, a trading post was established at [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMTMK_Marrow_Bone_Spring Marrow Bone Spring] in present-day Arlington (historical marker at {{coord|32|42.136|N|97|6.772|W|type:landmark}}). The rich soil of the area attracted farmers, and several [[agriculture]]-related businesses were well established by the late nineteenth century.
[[File:Cowboys stadium.jpeg|thumb|250px|left|Cowboys Stadium - May 2009]]
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