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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.

Ningqiang County is located in the southwest of Shaanxi Province, with Qinling Mountains in the north and Pillow Mountain in the south. The county has jurisdiction over 16 towns, 2 subdistrict offices and 200 administrative villages with a total population of 340000. Ningqiang is located in the confluence of the Qinling Mountains and the Bashan mountain system, with high in the southeast, low in the northwest and Wuding Mountain uplift in the middle. Ningqiang has abundant rainfall and humid air, and most areas have a warm temperate mountain humid monsoon climate with strong precipitation, with an annual precipitation of up to 1812.2 mm. Ningqiang County is a mountainous county with the confluence of the north and the south and the belt of Shu. It is the main gateway and golden passage from the northwest to the southwest. Baocheng, Yang'an Railway across the county, 108 National Highway, Western Han Expressway passing through; is the birthplace of the Han River, known as "the first city of the Han River" reputation, in November 2015 Ningqiang County was China
Travel Notes In Ningqiang County