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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.

Tongxu, known as Xianping in ancient times, has a long history and culture, and now belongs to Kaifeng, the ancient capital of the seven dynasties. Tongxu County is located in the middle and east of Henan Province, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, belonging to the eastern plain of Henan Province. The topography is high in the west and low in the east, high in the north and low in the south, tilting from northwest to southeast. It faces the Yellow River to the north, Songshan Shaolin to the west, Shangqiu, the important town in the east of Henan Province to the east, Zhoukou, a famous historical city to the south, 80 kilometers to the northwest from the provincial capital Zhengzhou, and 40 kilometers to the north to Kaifeng, the ancient capital. Located in the core area of the construction of the national strategic Central Plains Economic Zone, it is the route of Hengxiang railway in the planning. Tongxu County has jurisdiction over six towns and six townships, with a width of 30.5km from east to west and 34.8km from north to south, with a total area of 766.22 square kilometers. It is a part of the Huang-Huai Plain formed by the impact to the south of the Yellow River. The soil area of the county is 963742 mu.
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