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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.

Baofeng County is located in the central and western part of Henan Province, belonging to Pingdingshan City, with a total area of 722 square kilometers, 8 towns, 4 townships, 1 office and 1 forest station, 327 administrative villages, with a total population of 517000 (2013). Xuanhe two years of the Northern Song Dynasty (1120), because the territory is rich in mineral resources, treasure Xingfa, treasure source abundant, Fengchi given the name Baofeng County. Baofeng County is "the hometown of Chinese Quyi", "the hometown of Magic" and "the hometown of Folk Culture and Art". It is one of the eight experimental areas for cultural reform and development in Henan Province. at the same time, it is also "national health county", "national garden county seat" and "provincial civilized county seat". In Baofeng County, there are Xiangshan Temple, the birthplace of Guanyin culture, the ruins of Ruguanyao of Qingliang Temple, the founding place of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, the former residence of Professor Cui Qi, the Nobel laureate, and the "Baofeng Conference" of Liu and Deng's army.
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