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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.

Pingchuan District is a municipal district under the jurisdiction of Baiyin City, Gansu Province, which is located in the north of the middle of Baiyin City, Gansu Province. The general characteristics of the topography of Pingchuan District are high in the southeast and low in the northwest, tilting from the southeast to the northwest. The total area is 2106 square kilometers and the population is 209000 (2016). Pingchuan District has jurisdiction over 4 streets, 4 towns and 3 townships. Pingchuan is an important coal and electricity energy base in Gansu, with an annual output of more than 12 million tons of high-quality raw coal and 13 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity generation. Pingchuan is the largest ceramic production base in northwest China, with clay reserves of more than 4 billion tons and annual output of nearly 20 million square meters of wall and floor tiles. Pingchuan has been awarded "China Ceramic Industry transfer demonstration Base" by China Ceramic Industry Association. In 2009, Pingchuan District won the title of Advanced Zone of Scientific and technological Progress in China. In 2016, Pingchuan District achieved regional health throughout the year.
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