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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.

Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture is located in the west-central part of Yunnan Province, 2090 meters above sea level, bordering Chuxiong Prefecture in the east, Pu'er City and Lincang City in the south, Baoshan City and Nujiang Prefecture in the west, and Lijiang City in the north. It spans 98 °52 °E, 101 °03 °E and 24 °41 °N, 26 °42'N, touches Erhai Lake, West and Diancang Mountains in the east, and has jurisdiction over Dali City, Xiangyun, Midu, Binchuan, Yongping, Yunlong, Eryuan, Heqing and Jianchuan, as well as 3 counties in Shengli, Weishan and Nanjian.
Travel Sights In Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
Travel Notes In Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
In the south of colorful clouds, the longer you stay, the more you want to live in seclusion (Dali, Lijiang, Xishuangbanna Three Cities Tour)
The first time I came to Yunnan was in April 2013. At that time, I was a young and carefree young man. I stayed in the ancient city of Dali for more t
Handwriting a love letter, giving Dali a soft time
Dali: You are a poetic habitat Milan Kundera said: Live elsewhere. This sentence has been regarded as the creed of life by countless people, and they
[Sun Footprints] Carry your bags on your back and go to my dream and the distance - Lijiang
Some things, if you don’t do it now, you may not do it in the future; some places, if you don’t go now, you may not go there in the future. "   This
[Nostalgia for Dali] Sleep in Dali Hilton Hotel, and take you to see the "wind, flowers, snow and moon"
At the beginning, I would like to put a few pictures to express the good mood of this trip. If there is a place where you are there, and you start to