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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.

Ledong Li Autonomous County, which is directly administered by Hainan Province, is located in the southwest of Hainan Island. Between latitude 18 °24'N and latitude 18 °58', longitude 108 °39'E and longitude 109 °24'E. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, with the mountain facing the sea. It is bordered by Wuzhishan City and Baisha County in the east and northeast, Sanya City in the southeast, Dongfang City and Changjiang Li Autonomous County in the north, and the South China Sea in the southwest. In 2016, the total population of Ledong Li Autonomous County was 534400. It has 11 towns and 188 villages (communities), covering an area of 2765.5 square kilometers, a sea area of 1726.8 square kilometers and a coastline of 84.3km. In 2016, the gross domestic product of Ledong Li Autonomous County reached 11.769 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1 percent over 2015.
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