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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.

Chenghai District is under the jurisdiction of Shantou City, Guangdong Province. it is located in the east of Guangdong Province, at the mouth of Hanjiang Delta, Raoping County of Chaozhou City in the northeast, Chaozhou City in the northwest, Longhu District of Shantou City in the southwest, and Nanao County in the southeast. The geographical coordinates are between longitude 116 °54, latitude 23 °23, east-west width 22 km, north-south length 27.85 km, and total area 378.35 square kilometers. By the end of 2017, Chenghai District had jurisdiction over 8 towns and 3 streets, with 137 village committees and 47 community neighborhood committees, with a registered population of 797000. Mainly Han nationality, there are 43 ethnic minorities, most of which are Zhuang, Miao and Buyi. It has always been an important transportation hub in eastern Guangdong, southwestern Fujian and southern Jiangxi.
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