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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.

Shayang County, which belongs to Jingmen City, Hubei Province, is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River, at the northern end of the Jianghan Plain, facing the Han River to the east, Zhongxiang City and Tianmen City to the east, Zhangshui River to the west, adjoining Dangyang City to the west, Changhu Lake to the south, bordering Jiangling County and Qianjiang City to the north, bordering Pandao District and Dongbao District to the north. Shayang County is located in the combination of Wuhan city circle and western Hubei ecological and cultural tourism circle, adjacent to the Han River, smooth water transportation, known as "Pearl of the Han River", "Xiao Hankou" and other reputations. there are first-class highways such as Xiang-Jing Expressway and National Highway 207, 234, 348 and Hanyi Line. Shayang County has a total area of 2044 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 13 towns. In 2015, the county's GDP reached 23.4 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5% over 2015. In 2018, the population is 590000
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