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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.

During the four dynasties of Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it was changed to Jiaxian in the Republic of China and Jiaxian in September 1964. It is located on the west bank of the middle reaches of the Yellow River in northeastern Shaanxi Province, southeast of Yulin City, and on the southeast edge of Maowusu Sandy Land. It is bordered by Mizhi County in the west, Wubao County in the south, Shenmu County in the north, Suide County in the southwest and Yuyang District in the northwest. It has jurisdiction over 12 towns and one street, with a county area of 2144 square kilometers, 43000 hectares of arable land, and a registered population of 269700 (2017). Mung beans are exported to Japan and other countries. There are Jiayu, Jiami and Jiawu three trunk highways connected with the county branch roads and the newly built Taijia and Yujia expressways. There are Baiyun Mountain Temple, Xianglu Temple, Yunyan Temple and other famous landscapes. September 25, 2018, access to business
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