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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.

Loudi is an important prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, located in the center of Hunan Geography, the permanent host of Hunan Expo, an important industrial city of Hunan, Hunan energy, regional circulation node city, and strategic reserve base of raw materials. it is an important part of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration, and is known as the "Pearl of Central Hunan". It has jurisdiction over 3 counties and 2 cities, including Louxing District, Lengshuijiang City, Lianyuan City, Shuangfeng County and Xinhua County, with a total area of 8117 square kilometers. According to legend, among the 28 stars in the sky, "Lou Xing" and "Luo Xing" reflect each other here, hence the name. Loudi is the hometown of Chiyou, one of the three ancestors of the Chinese nation who is respected by later generations as the "god of war". It is one of the main birthplaces of Huxiang culture, including Meishan Dragon Palace, Zeng Guofan's former residence, Ziqujie terraces and Mejiang National Geopark.
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