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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.

Gucheng County, which belongs to Hengshui City, Hebei Province, is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, at the junction of Hebei and Shandong provinces and three cities. By 2018, with a total area of 941 square kilometers, there are 538 administrative villages in 11 towns and 2 townships, with a total population of 530000, including 410000 agricultural population and 910000 mu of arable land. Gucheng County is a sub-humid continental monsoon climate in the north temperate zone, with four distinct seasons and simultaneous rain and heat. The annual average temperature is 13.2℃. The annual sunshine time is 2608.5 hours and the annual sunshine rate is 59%. The average annual precipitation is 532 mm. The frost-free period for the whole year is about 190 days. In 2018, the GDP of Gucheng County reached 12.5 billion yuan, the total financial revenue was 1.14 billion yuan, the general public budget revenue was 666 million yuan, the investment in fixed assets was 8 billion yuan, and the total industrial output value was completed.
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