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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.

Midong District belongs to Urumqi City, Xinjiang Autonomous region. Approved by the State Council in August 2007, the former Miquan City of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture and Dongshan District of the former Urumqi City were merged and established. The district has a total area of 3407.42 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 2 townships, 6 streets, 81 administrative villages and 48 communities, with a resident population of 333676 (2010). In 2013, the regional GDP for the whole year reached 26.06 billion yuan, an increase of 15.8 percent over 2011, and the general budget revenue of local governments reached 3.04 billion yuan, an increase of 21 percent over 2011. The per capita disposable income of urban residents reached 20780 yuan, an increase of 13 percent over 2011, and the per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen reached 12300 yuan, an increase of 16 percent over 2011.
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