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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.

Shouning County (ancient Shouning County, Funing County and Jianning County) is located in Ningde City, Fujian Province, located in the north of Fujian Province, in the south of Donggong Mountains, Taishun County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province in the northeast, Jingning County and Qingyuan County in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province in the northwest, Fu'an City, Fujian Province in the east, Zhenghe County, Nanping City, Fujian Province in the west, and Zhouning County, Ningde City in the south, located at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. It is known as "the gateway of two provinces and the thoroughfare of five boundaries". Shouning County is warm and humid, with no heat in summer and no severe cold in winter, so it is known as a cool summer resort in Fujian. The county has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 6 townships and 205 administrative villages (communities). The county people's government is resident in Aoyang Town, with a total land area of 1425 square kilometers. In 2017, the total registered population of Shouning County was 265295. In 2017, Shouning County achieved a gross domestic product of 78.
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