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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.

Shanghang County (ancient Shanghang County, Tingzhou Prefecture) Longyan City, Fujian Province, China, is bordered by Changting County and Liancheng County to the north, Yongding District to the south and Jiaoling County in Guangdong Province to the south, Xinluo District to the east and Wuping County to the west. Located in the middle reaches of the Tingjiang River, the terrain tilts from northeast to southwest. Tingjiang River and Jiuxian River, Huangtan River two major tributaries flow through the territory. The average annual temperature is 19.8 ℃ and the annual precipitation is 1537.2 mm. National highways 205 and 319 run through the territory. Shanghang, the words "the Book of songs Wei Feng he Guang", "who means a wide river, a Reed and Hangzhou". Known as "the hometown of architecture", "the hometown of poetry and painting", "the hometown of folk songs". The county is one of the 23 Soviet counties in China, an important part of the Central Soviet area during the second Revolutionary Civil War, and a famous old revolutionary base. Those who were awarded the rank of major general or above in 1955
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