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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.

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (Linxia Prefecture for short) is one of the two major Hui Autonomous prefectures in China, which was established in November 1956. Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture is located in the southwest of central Gansu Province, the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It is bordered by Lanzhou to the north, Lintao River to the east and Dingxi City to the east, Jishi Mountain to the west and Haidong area of Qinghai Province to the west, and Taizi Mountain to the south to Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The total area is 8169 square kilometers. The resident population is 2.0441 million (2017). It has jurisdiction over 1 county-level city, 5 counties and 2 autonomous counties. In 2017, Linxia State achieved a GDP of 23.884 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 3.889 billion yuan, the secondary industry was 4.318 billion yuan, and the tertiary industry was 15.677 billion yuan.
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