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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.

Dongxing, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, is located in the southwestern border of China and southern Guangxi, bordering the Beibu Gulf in the southeast and Vietnam in the southwest. In 1996, Dongxing became a county-level city. In 2012, the city has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 31 administrative villages and 10 communities, with a land border of 39 km, a coastline of 50 km, an area of 590 square kilometers and a resident population of 157100 (2016). Dongxing has Beilun Estuary Mangrove Reserve, one of the three major mangrove demonstration reserves in the world, and national 4A scenic spots such as Beijing Island Scenic spot and Pingfeng Rainforest Park. there are historical and cultural landscapes such as the No. 1 boundary monument of Daqing, the people's Friendship Park between China and Vietnam, and the former residence of Chen Jitang, the "Southern Heavenly King" of the Republic of China. At the second China Tourism Forum in 2008, Dongxing City was awarded "China"
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