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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.

Gaoling District, which belongs to Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the hinterland of Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province, in the north of Xi'an City. Founded in the 12th year of Qin Xiaogong (350 BC), it is located in the Guanzhong Plain, on both sides of the Jinghe River and the Weihe River. Lintong District in the east, Weiyang District and Baqiao District in the south, Weicheng District, Sanyuan County and Jingyang County in Xianyang City in the west, and Yanliang District in the north, which is known as "cabbage heart" in Guanzhong. As of 2017, Gaoling District covers an area of 294square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 3 streets and 2 administrative committees, and has a registered population of 339200 (resident population 357000). In 2017, the region's GDP reached 37.71 billion yuan. There are ancient cultural relics such as Tang Zhaohui Pagoda, Li Sheng Stele and Dongwei Bridge site in Gaoling.
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