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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.

Huazhou District, which belongs to Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, was called Zheng County, Xianlin and Wuxiang in ancient times, and was renamed Huaxian in 1913. It is located at the northern foot of Qinling Mountains, the east of Guanzhong Plain and the south bank of Weihe River, more than 70 kilometers away from the ancient capital Xi'an in the west and 29 kilometers away from Huashan, a national scenic spot in the east. Huayin City is bordered by Huayin City in the east, 23 kilometers away from Weinan District in the west, Qinling Mountains and Luonan County and Lantian County in the south, and Weihe River and Dali County in the north. Huazhou District covers an area of 1139.5 square kilometers, with a total population of 370000 (July 2018), and has jurisdiction over 1 street and 9 towns. In 2017, the GDP of Huazhou District reached 9.498 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7%. With Qinling Mountains in the south and Weihe River in the north, the terrain is high in the south and sandwiched in the middle, with an area of 410000 mu of arable land and mountains and highlands in the territory.
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