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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.

Songpan County is a county under the jurisdiction of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. Located on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, northeast of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, with an administrative area of 8486 square kilometers and a population of 74945 (2015), it has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 22 townships, and the county people's government is stationed in Jin'an Town. Songpan County has a long history. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Songpan got its name by setting up "Songzhou Wei", "Pan Zhou Wei" and "Song Pan Wei" successively. In 1913, the Songpan Zhili Hall was changed to Songpan County, and the county-level construction has been used ever since. Songpan County has developed traffic, and the western line of the "Nine Ring Road" runs through the whole county along the Minjiang River. Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport is only 25 kilometers south from the county seat. The natural landscape is complex and diverse, complete in categories and numerous in quantity. Has Huanglong, Munigou, Songpan ancient city and other scenic spots. 2016, Song
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