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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.

Dongyuan County, under the jurisdiction of Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, the middle and upper reaches of Dongjiang River. It is adjacent to Longchuan County of Heyuan City and Wuhua County of Meizhou City to the east, Heping County and Lianping County to the north, Yuancheng District and Zijin County to the south, Longmen County of Huizhou City and Xinfeng County of Shaoguan City to the west, which is the joint of the Pearl River Delta and the mountains of northern Guangdong. Dongyuan County, formerly the suburb of Heyuan County and Heyuan City, was renamed Dongyuan County in November 1993. Xiantang Town, the county government, is the second largest county in Guangdong Province and belongs to Hakka cultural areas. Dongyuan County is located between 23 °22 °N and 24 °15 °N, 114o 19'- 115o 22'E, 130km from east to west and 66.6km from north to south, covering an area of 4070 square kilometers. it has a total population of 590000 and has jurisdiction over 20 towns and one she township. Beijing-Kowloon Railway
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