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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.

Helan County (Pinyin: Helan Xian), under the jurisdiction of Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, is located in the northern part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, bought Lian County in the Western Han Dynasty, and changed its name to Helan County in 1941. As of 2013, Helan County covers an area of 1599 square kilometers. As of 2018, it has jurisdiction over 4 towns, 1 township, 3 fields and 1 management committee. In 2016, the total population of Helan County (resident population) was 255995. Helan County is located in the northwest inland of China's Loess Plateau, in the middle of the Qingtong Gorge irrigation area in Yinchuan Plain, mountainous area in the west and plain in the east. The basic characteristics of the topography trend are high in the southwest and low in the northeast, with a distorted surface tilting from southwest to northeast. The whole area is mainly composed of western mountain and eastern plain.
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