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Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ (listen); HEW-stən) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in 2020. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle.

Comprising a land area of 640.4 square miles (1,659 km2), Houston is the ninth-most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties). It is the largest city in the United States by total area whose government is not consolidated with a county, parish, or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the city extend into Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties, bordering other principal communities of Greater Houston such as Sugar Land and The Woodlands.

The city of Houston was founded by land investors on August 30, 1836, at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou (a point now known as Allen's Landing) and incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837. The city is named after former General Sam Houston, who was president of the Republic of Texas and had won Texas's independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of Allen's Landing. After briefly serving as the capital of the Texas Republic in the late 1830s, Houston grew steadily into a regional trading center for the remainder of the 19th century.

Anning District, Lanzhou District, Gansu Province, is located in the central part of Gansu Province, the western suburbs of Lanzhou City, the north bank of the Yellow River; located in the valley of the Lanzhou section of the Yellow River, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, the continental climate is remarkable, with four distinct seasons; the total area is 82.33 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 8 streets; in 2014, the household registration population was 187189. The name of Anning District comes from Anning Castle, a military castle in the Ming Dynasty. it means "peace without trouble and without infringement". It is one of the necessary places of the ancient Silk Road. The forest coverage rate in the area is 43.4%, and the per capita public green space area reaches 12.2 square meters. won the title of "National Greening Model County" The western section of the Yellow River tourism customs line runs through the whole territory of Anning District, where there are Tianaxe Sand Palace, Renshou Hill, Yintan Wetland Park, Lanzhou Botanical Garden, Anning Ecological and Cultural Park, Jiuzhoutai and Wenshu Pavilion.
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