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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.

Lintao County, known as Didao in ancient times, belongs to Dingxi City, Gansu Province, and gets its name because of the Tao River in the territory. Lintao County is located in the middle of Gansu Province and the west of Dingxi City. It is located in the confluence zone of the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Tao River, the largest tributary in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, passes through the city. As of October 2018, the county has a total area of 2851 square kilometers and a total population of 552900. There are 21 ethnic groups, including Han, Hui and Dongxiang, under the jurisdiction of 12 towns and 6 townships, with the county government stationed in Taoyang Town. Lintao has been a famous city in the northwest and an important town in Longyou since ancient times. it is located on the main road of the ancient Silk Road and is one of the important birthplaces of the ancient culture of the Yellow River. Since the establishment of Didao County in the 18th year of King Zhou'an (384 BC) and the establishment of Longxi County in the 27th year of King Zhao of Qin Dynasty (280 BC), it has been a county, state, state, government and county government.
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