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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.

Sichuan, referred to as Sichuan or Shu, is one of the 23 provinces in China, the capital of Chengdu. It is located in the inland of southwest China, bounded by 26 °03 north latitude 34 °19 miles north latitude and 97 °21 miles east longitude 108 °12 'east longitude, connecting Chongqing to the east, Yunnan and Guizhou to the south, Tibet to the west, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai to the north. The geomorphology of Sichuan Province varies greatly from east to west, and the topography is complex and diverse. it is located in the transitional zone between the first Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the second plain of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which is located in the Chinese mainland topography. The topography is high in the west and low in the east. It is composed of mountains, hills, plain basins and plateaus. Sichuan Province has three major climates, namely, the humid climate in the middle subtropics of Sichuan Basin, the subtropical semi-humid climate in the mountains of southwest Sichuan, the alpine plateau climate in northwest Sichuan, and the overall pleasant climate.
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