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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.

Qiemo County is located in the southwest of Bayingol Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, the southeastern margin of Tarim Basin and the northern foot of Aljinshan. It is bordered by Ruoqiang County in the east, Minfeng in the west, Tibet in the south, and the Taklimakan Desert in the north, facing Yuli and Shaya County. Qiemo Town, the county seat, is 1270 kilometers away from Urumqi's highway. The total area of the county is 138680 square kilometers (the second largest county in the country), with a total population of 56627 (2003). With a total area of 138680 square kilometers, it is the second largest county in China after Ruoqiang County. Of the total area, the mountain area is 62300 square kilometers, accounting for 44.42%; the desert area is 53800 square kilometers, accounting for 38.37%; and the Piedmont inclined plain area is 24100.
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