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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.

Longxi County is located in the southeast of Gansu Province, in the middle of Dingxi City, in the upper reaches of Weihe River, in the middle of Longzhong Loess Plateau. It is connected with Tongwei County in the east, Wushan and Zhangxian in the south, Weiyuan County in the west and Anding District in the north. It belongs to Dingxi City, Gansu Province. Longxi gets its name because it is to the west of Longshan. Since ancient times, it has been the "country of the four Serbs", a place that must be fought for by military families. As far back as the prehistoric period, the ancestors thrived on this land, leaving cultural sites such as Yangshao and Qijia. King Zhao of Qin Dynasty established Longxi County in the 35th year (272 BC) and Xiangwu County in the early Han Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty changed to Longxi County, and the name of the county is still in use today. As of 2016, Longxi County covers an area of 2408 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 10 towns, 7 townships, 215 administrative villages, 11 communities, 1287 village groups, with a total population of 519200.
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