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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.

Jishishan Baoan Dongxiang Salar Autonomous County, which belongs to Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, is the only multi-ethnic autonomous county in Gansu Province. it is located in the southwest of Gansu Province, at the eastern foot of Xiaojishi Mountain in the northwest corner of Linxia Prefecture, between longitude 120 °41 east and latitude 35 °34, bordering Linxia County in the southeast, Xunhua Salar Autonomous County in Qinghai Province in the west, and Minhe County in Qinghai Province in the north. The northeast and Yongjing County are bounded by the Yellow River, with a width of about 33 kilometers from north to south and 37 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 909.97 square kilometers. As of 2011, Jishishan Baoan Dongxiang Salar Autonomous County has jurisdiction over 4 towns, 13 townships, 145 administrative villages, 6 communities and 1296 village groups, with a total population of 25. 5%.
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