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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.

Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, referred to as "Changji Prefecture", belongs to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, located at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountains, southeast edge of Junggar Basin, high in the south and low in the north, tilting from southeast to northwest, belonging to a typical continental arid climate; with a total area of 73900 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over two county-level cities, four counties and one autonomous county; the total population in 2017 is 1.406 million. Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang was once the only road leading to Central Asia and Europe from the New North Road of the ancient "Silk Road". It has been the throat of the western region and the barrier of northern Xinjiang since ancient times, and it is an important part of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt in Xinjiang. North Xinjiang Railway, National Highway 312, National Highway 216, Provincial Highway 115 and Tuwu High-grade Highway run through the whole territory. At the same time, Changji Prefecture is also a worker to promote the intellectual property strategy of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Travel Sights In Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
Travel Notes In Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
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