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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.

Baijiantan District is the municipal district of Karamay City, Xinjiang, 30 kilometers northeast of the city. In 1956, when the oil workers explored here, they saw that there was a vast expanse of saline and alkali everywhere, hence the name. Baijiantan area is located in the northwest margin of Junggar Basin, bordering Tori County in the north, Buxel County in the south, Karamay District in the southwest and Wuerhe District in the northeast, with a total area of 1272 square kilometers. Most of the landforms are Gobi (desert), which is located in the typical continental climate zone of mid-temperate zone. In 2016, the local GDP of Baijiantan District was 2.12 billion yuan. Of this total, the added value of the primary industry was 60 million yuan, the secondary industry was 910 million yuan, and the tertiary industry was 1.15 billion yuan. By the end of 2017, Baijiantan District had jurisdiction over two streets and one town, with a total of 20 community neighborhood committees and 5 administrations.
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