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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.

Gaolan County, which belongs to Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, is located in the central part of Gansu Province, between longitude 103 °32'- 104 °14 °E and latitude 36 °05'- 36 °51'N, with a total area of 2136 square kilometers. Gaolan County has a temperate semi-arid climate with an average annual temperature of 7.2℃. As of 2018, Gaolan County has jurisdiction over 6 towns, and the county government is stationed in Shidong Town. By the end of 2017, the total registered population of Gaolan County was 147300. In the Western Han Dynasty, it belonged to Jincheng County and first bought Jincheng County. In the third year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1738), it was renamed Gaolan County because of Gaolan Mountain. In April 1970, Gaolan County was reclassified under the jurisdiction of Lanzhou City. Gaolan County has Dongguo pear, soft pear, Bailan melon, red sand potato, black melon seeds and other specialties. Tourist attractions include Guli Garden, Shidong Temple and Ling in Shichuan Town.
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