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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.

Baiyin, prefecture-level city of Gansu Province. Located in the middle of Gansu Province, located in the transitional zone between the Loess Plateau and Tengger Desert, most of the territory is mountainous, mountainous and wide valley plain coexist; it is the transition zone from mid-temperate semi-arid zone to arid zone. The city has a total area of 21158.7 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 2 districts and 3 counties. By the end of 2018, Baiyin had a resident population of 1.7342 million, an increase of 4900 over the end of last year. Baiyin City is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and the middle of Gansu Province, located in the confluence zone of the ancient Silk Road and the Yellow River, connecting the desert to the north, Qinghai and Tibet to the south, the Central Plains to the east and the western region to the west, 69 kilometers away from the provincial capital Lanzhou and 46 kilometers away from Zhongchuan Airport. It is a strategic channel connecting the subcontinental bridge, a transportation corridor and an energy logistics channel to countries along the Silk Road. The territory of Baiyin
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