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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.

Qufu, the ancient capital of Lu and the hometown of Confucius, is known as "the Holy City of the East" and "Jerusalem of the East". It is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, 135 kilometers north from Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province. Surabaya in the east, Yanzhou in the west, Zoucheng in the south and Mount Tai in the north. The total area is 895.93 square kilometers. The resident population is 654500 (2016). One of the counties (cities) under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, the administrative division belongs to Jining. In 2018, the city's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 40.719 billion yuan, and the city's general public budget income was 2.539 billion yuan. Qufu is the hometown of Confucius, a great thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in ancient China. Qufu is also located in the Confucius Institute of the World Center for Confucian Research and Exchange. In 1982, Qufu was rated as the first batch of national famous historical and cultural cities.
Airport In Qufu - Jining Qufu Airport
Jining Qufu Airport (Jining Qufu Airport, IATA: JNG, ICAO: ZSJG), located on Airport Road, Zhifang Town, Jiaxiang County, Jining City, Shandong Province, China, 25 kilometers northeast of Jining city center, is a 4C-level military-civilian branch airport   .
On February 26, 1997, the Air Force Jining Airport was approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission to implement military-civilian reconstruction and expansion; in January 2008, the civilian part of the Air Force Jining Airport was named Jining Qufu Airport   ; On December 28, 2008, Jining Qufu Airport officially opened civil aviation business   .
As of February 2021, the terminal area of ​​Jining Qufu Airport is 9,740 square meters, with 2 boarding bridges; the civil aviation station area is 30,000 square meters, with 6 C-class seats; the runway is 2,800 meters long and 50 meters wide , which can meet the needs of annual passenger throughput of 420,000 passengers     .
In 2021, Jining Qufu Airport will complete a total of 1,006,299 passenger throughput, a year-on-year increase of 141.4%, ranking 95th in the country; cargo and mail throughput of 2,662.9 tons, a year-on-year increase of 110.7%, ranking 90th in the country; An increase of 145.2%, ranking 126th in the country   .
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