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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.

Huainan, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province, referred to as "Huai" and the ancient name "Zhoulai", is located in the central and northern part of Anhui Province, in the hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta and on the bank of the Huaihe River. it is known as "Zhongzhou throat, Jiangnan barrier" and "colorful Huainan". It is an important node of the urban agglomeration along the Huaihe River and the core city of Hefei metropolitan area. Huainan has a total area of 5571 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 5 districts and 2 counties. By the end of 2016, the total population was 3.456 million. Huainan is the energy capital of China, the industrial granary of East China, the important industrial city of Anhui Province and one of the 13 larger cities of the State Council. It has obtained China's excellent tourist cities, 100 livable cities, national greening model cities, national garden cities, the first batch of national pilot smart cities, the best investment cities in China, the happiest cities in China, and Chinese idioms.
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