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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.

Shanyang District belongs to Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, bordering Shanxi by Taihang Mountain in the north, the Yellow River in the south, and Zhengzhou and Luoyang across the river. it is the economic, cultural, financial and commercial center of Jiaozuo City. Shanyang District, with a total area of 74.4 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 10 streets, 19 administrative villages and 31 communities, with a total population of 249733 (2012). China's key cultural relics protection units-after thousands of years of Han Xiandi relegated Shanyang Old City, famous at home and abroad, Yao Wang Temple, and shrine, and so on. Shanyang District within the jurisdiction of the south-to-north water transfer, west-to-east gas transmission through the city. The GDP of Shanyang District in 2012 is 2.321 billion yuan. In 2009, Shanyang District won the civilized urban area of Henan Province, the advanced cultural area of Henan Province, the advanced unit of cultural activities in the square of "Happy Central Plains Wushanyang", and the city's "New Fashion".
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