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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.

Sanmenxia, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, is located in the south golden triangle of the Yellow River at the junction of Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. the landform is mainly mountains, hills and loess plateaus, belonging to a warm temperate continental monsoon semi-arid climate, with a total area of 10496 square kilometers. it has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 2 counties and 2 county-level cities, with a total population of 2.308 million in 2018. Sanmenxia is known as "five mountains, four ridges and one division of Sichuan", with Guanzhong in the west, Sanjin in the north and the Central Plains in the east. Longhai Railway, Lianhuo Expressway, National Highway 310, Zheng (Zhou) West ('an) High-speed Railway running from east to west, 209 National Highway, San (Menxia) Li (Sichuan) Expressway and Haoji Railway connect the north and south. It is a regional transportation hub city that connects Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, north to south, west to east. At the same time, Yangshao culture, Taoist culture and Guo culture are all
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