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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.

Huzhou is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, a member city of the "Yangtze River Delta Urban agglomeration", a core city around the Great Bay area of Hangzhou Bay, and a central city of G60 Kechuang Corridor, located in the north of Zhejiang Province, adjacent to Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, Tianmu Mountain to the west, Taihu Lake to the north, and Wuxi and Suzhou across the lake. It is located on the south bank of Taihu Lake at the confluence of East Tiaoxi and Xitiaoxi. There are 2 districts and 3 counties, covering an area of 5820.13 square kilometers. In 2016, the registered population was 2.6484 million. Huzhou is an ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River with a history of more than 2300 years. Its establishment began in the warring States period and has many natural and historical and cultural landscapes, such as Mogan Mountain and Nanxun. Huzhou is.
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