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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.

Nanao County, which belongs to Shantou City, Guangdong Province, is located on the sea surface at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan provinces, between longitude 116o 53km east and latitude 23 °11pm. Nanao County is composed of Nanao Island and 33 surrounding islands, of which the main island is 110.89 square kilometers and the sea area is 4600 square kilometers with a total area of 113.8 square kilometers. Nanao County is the closest point in Guangdong province to Taiwan Province, 162 nautical miles from Kaohsiung, at the center of the three major ports of Kaohsiung, Xiamen and Hong Kong, and only 7 nautical miles away from the main international route in the Pacific Ocean. It is known as "Chaoshan barrier, Fujian and Guangdong throat". Nanao County is the only island county in Guangdong, and it is also the only national 4A tourist area among China's island counties (districts). It has a superior geographical location. Nanao has been along the southeast since ancient times.
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