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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.

Ningguo, under the jurisdiction of county-level cities in Anhui Province, is hosted by Xuancheng. Located in the southeast of Anhui Province, the northern foot of Tianmu Mountain, the upper reaches of Shuiyang River. The total area is 2487 square kilometers, with a registered population of 384000 (2018). It has jurisdiction over 6 streets, 8 towns and 5 townships. No. 1 Shifu Lane, Renmin Road, Xijin Street, where the Municipal people's Government is stationed. Ningguo has a history of more than 1800 years since the thirteenth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (208 years). In 1997, the State Council agreed to abolish Ningguo County and set up Ningguo City at the county level. Ningguo is located in the mountainous and hilly area of southern Anhui, which is high in the south and low in the north, with undulating mountains and rivers from east to west; the highest point is Longwang Mountain in the southeast, 1587 meters above sea level; the lowest point is Gangkou Town in the north, which is only 40 meters above sea level; it belongs to North Asian fever.
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