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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.

Hanshan County, which belongs to Maanshan City, Anhui Province, is located on the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, east-central Anhui and the shore of Chaohu Lake. The total area is 1047 square kilometers. Hanshan has a history of more than 1300 years since the county was bought in the sixth year of Tang Wude (623). It is the hometown of Wu Chu in the Spring and Autumn period, known as Wu Tou and Chuwei. There are many tourist attractions in Hanshan, mainly Taihu Mountain and Huayang Cave, two national AAA scenic spots. By 2018, Hanshan County had 8 towns and 3 parks with a resident population of 395000, achieving a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 17.358 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 2.032 billion yuan, the secondary industry was 8.465 billion yuan, the tertiary industry was 6.86 billion yuan, and the proportion of the three industries was 11.749.
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