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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.

Xiantao City is a county-level city directly under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province. Xiantao City is an important member of Wuhan urban agglomeration and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the hometown of Asian gymnastics. Xiantao, with a history of more than 1500 years, is one of the birthplaces of Jing-Chu culture. Xiantao depends on the Han River in the north, the Yangtze River in the south and Wuhan in the east. 318 National Highway, Han-Yi High-speed Railway and Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway run from east to west, and Suiyue Expressway and Wuhan City Ring Road (Wuhan sixth Ring Line) run longitudinally through the north and south. Xiantao south to Guangzhou, north to Beijing, east to Shanghai, west to Chengdu and other megacities are all within a radius of 1000 kilometers. As of 2016, Xiantao City has a total area of 2538 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 15 towns and 7 township units with a registered population of 1.5635 million. Xiantao is a national garden city.
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