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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.

Burjin County, which belongs to Altay, is located in the north of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, at the southwest foot of Altai Mountains, along the northern edge of Junggar Basin, bordering Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia in the north and northeast. It is one of the two counties bordering Russia in western China (the other is Habahe County). The national boundary is 218 kilometers long and there are many rivers in the country. it is a necessary place for import and export of the two border trade ports in northwest Xinjiang. An ideal port on the border with Russia is of great development value. it is the only nearest channel to open economic and trade exchanges between Northwest China and Russia, and the largest tributary of the Ertix River, the only Arctic water system in China. It is adjacent to Mongolia in the northeast, Altay to the east, Habahe County to the west, Jimunai County and Fuhai County to the south. At the end of 2011, the total population of Burjin County
Travel Notes In Burqin County
2006 Xinjiang Tour (5)
Kanas Natural Scenic Area In the morning, after breakfast, we bid farewell to Hemu Village. Although the time was short, it left me with good memories
Summer in Northern Xinjiang, stories about Keketuohai and Kanas
The sunshine of July is warmly sprinkled on this land,The wind is light and the clouds are calm, flowers are in full bloom, mountains and rivers, quie
Walking poems and paintings in Xinjiang, an encounter between poetry and the distance (the highlight is the reservation of a non-carpeted hotel)
1. Preface Some people say that if you don't go to Xinjiang, you don't know the size of China; if you go to Xinjiang, you don't know the beauty of Chi
Hey! These places in Burqin, let’s go together next time
Burqin County is located in the northern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at the southern foot of the Altai Mountains, north of the Jungg