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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.

Pingyao County, which belongs to Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, is located in the central part of Shanxi Province, bordering Jiexiu, Qixian, Wenshui, Fenyang, Qinyuan and other counties and cities, between longitude 112 °12mm east longitude 112 °31m, north latitude 37 °125mi 37 °21', north-south average length about 40 km, east-west width about 30 km, total area 1253.53 square km. Pingyao is a major cultural relic county in Shanxi Province, with more than 300 monuments. The traffic venation of the ancient city of Pingyao is composed of four main streets, eight small streets and 72 winding lanes. The Rishengchang ticket of "Huitong World" is known as "the ancestor of China's modern bank", Shuanglin Temple is known as "the treasure house of oriental colored sculpture art", and the ten thousand Buddha hall of Zhenguo Temple is one of the earliest existing wooden structures in China. Major scenic spots in Pingyao also include Pingyao.
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