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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.

Hualong Hui Autonomous County is located in the transitional zone between the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the east of Qinghai Province and in the south of Haidong City. Is a Hui-based multi-ethnic county, a total of Hui, Han, Tibetan, Salar and other 12 ethnic groups. The county people's government is stationed in Bayan Town, 75 kilometers away from the provincial government. Linping Highway, Lehua Highway, Asai Highway, Zaha Highway, Ping-An Expressway and Yanguan Highway run through the county. Hualong Hui Autonomous County has a total area of 2740 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 18 townships. As of 2010, the total population is 229669. Located in the mountains and valleys on the north side of the Yellow River valley, the terrain tilts from northwest to southeast, and the Yellow River flows through the southwest and south of the county. It belongs to the eastern arid area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an average annual temperature of 2.2 ℃ and annual precipitation of 470mm.
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