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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.

Derong County, which belongs to Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is located in 99 °07 east longitude and 29 °10 'north latitude. Located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, it is located in the middle of the Great Shangri-La Tourism Ring at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet. Derong County belongs to the dry valley of the Jinsha River, which is connected with Batang and Xiangcheng County of Ganzi Prefecture in the north, Shangri-La County of Diqing Prefecture of Yunnan Province in the southeast and Deqin County of Diqing Prefecture of Yunnan Province in the southwest. It is 670km away from the state capital Kangding, 1040 km away from Chengdu (Kangding direction), and about 1477 km from Yunnan to Chengdu. In 2017, Derong County has an area of 2916 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 9 townships, including 127villages, 3 communities and 251natural villages. By the end of 2017, Derong County has a total population of 25859.
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