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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.

Gongbujiangda County, which belongs to Linzhi City, Tibet Autonomous region, is located in the southeast of Tibet Autonomous region and northwest of Linzhi City. The county has a total area of 11650 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 6 townships with a resident population of 27532 (2013). Guolin card, Gongbujiangda town, county people's government. Gongbujiangda, which means "concave Dagukou" in Tibetan. The county is located in the transitional zone from southern Tibet valley to eastern Tibet alpine canyon, showing a deep-cut alpine valley landform, with an average elevation of 3600 meters above sea level. Belongs to the temperate semi-humid plateau monsoon climate, the east is mild and humid, the forest is dense, the west is cold and dry, for shrub meadow vegetation. The Niyang River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River, runs through the whole territory. Tourist attractions are Basongcuo, Taizhao Ancient City, Baga Temple and so on. Gongbujiangda County mainly grows highland barley, wheat, rape and other crops, animal husbandry
Travel Sights In Gongbujiangda County
Travel Notes In Gongbujiangda County
The beautiful paradise of spiritual baptism. June and July 2018 Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Self-driving Tour Raiders (3)
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Our First Encounter with Tibet
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Going on a spring date Car rental and self-driving travel strategy in Linzhi, Tibet in March 2021 (1)
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