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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.

Nanchong, also known as "Guocheng, Silk Capital", is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province and the second most populous city in Sichuan. Provincial economic deputy central city, one of the central cities of Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, important node city of "Belt and Road Initiative" strategy, regional central city of northeast Sichuan, excellent tourist city of China, national garden city, national clean energy demonstration city, one of the top 200 cities with dense belt of southern Suigang cities and towns, and one of the top 200 charming cities with Chinese characteristics. Nanchong is located in the northeast of Sichuan Province and the middle reaches of the Jialing River, which is named because it is located in the south of the country; it has jurisdiction over 3 districts (Shunqing District, Gaoping District, Jialing District), 5 counties (Yingshan County, Xichong County, Nanbu County, Pengan County, Yilong County), escrow one county-level city (Langzhong City), household registration population 7.5902 million (2014), and an area of 12479.96k square.
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