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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.

Xianan District, which belongs to Xianning City, Hubei Province, is located in the southeast of Hubei Province, bordering Yangxin in the east, Chongyang in the south, Chibi in the west, Jiangxia in the north, Tongshan in the southeast, and Jiayu in the northwest. The total area is 1503.8 square kilometers. Xianan District is the seat of the municipal party committee and municipal government. It was removed from the county in 1984 and changed to Xianan District in March 1999. It was one of the first batch of counties, cities and districts approved by the State Council in 1986. Li Yong, a calligrapher with the reputation of "six marvels in Hanlin and a fairy hand in the book" in the Tang Dynasty, and Feng Jing in the Song Dynasty left an everlasting story about "marrying two prime ministers and three world leaders"; during the period of the new democratic revolution and socialist construction, a number of early revolutionaries such as Qian Yishi, he Gongwei and Qian Ying emerged from here. It is an important part of Wuhan city circle. In 2018, there are three under the jurisdiction of Xianan District.
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