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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.

Shantou, referred to as "Shantou", a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province, is an important port city along the southeast coast, an important gateway to the Maritime Silk Road, a central city in eastern Guangdong, and a deputy central city in Guangdong Province. As of 2018, the city has jurisdiction over six districts and one county, with a total area of 2198.7 square kilometers and a resident population of 5.6385 million. Shantou is located in the Chaoshan area of eastern Guangdong, at the southern end of the Han River Delta, Chaozhou to the north, Jieyang to the west, and the South China Sea to the southeast across the sea from Taiwan. The three rivers Hanjiang, Rongjiang and Lianjiang enter the sea is the only city where Chinese mainland has an inner bay. Shantou is an open port city along China's coast, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, and one of the earliest special economic zones in China. There are more than 5 million overseas Chinese and compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, covering more than 100 countries and regions in the world. ..
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