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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.

Xinyuan County is located in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, at the eastern end of Yili River Valley, and in the Gongnai River Valley. It starts from Aiken Daban in the east, is adjacent to Gongliu County and Hejing County in the south, and is bounded by Nilak County, Shawan County and Hejing County in the northeast. The total population is 316002 (2012). There are 34 ethnic groups, including Kazakh, Han, Uygur and Hui. The name of the county is located in the upper reaches of the Gongnai River, taking another "new source", which means newly reclaimed grassland or newly developed wilderness. The Kazakh language is called Gong Naisi, which means "Xiangyang" (according to textual research, it is Turkic, and later evolved from Mongolian and Kazakh). The geographical coordinates are 82 °28 east longitude, 84 °56 east longitude, 43 °03 north latitude, 43 °40 'north latitude, high east and low west, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and open to the west. It is about 196 km long from east to west and about 196 km wide in the middle.
Travel Sights In Xinyuan County
Travel Notes In Xinyuan County
Travel to Xinjiang during the epidemic
The beauty of Xinjiang, the customs of the Western Regions, I yearn for it! Knowing that the risk factor of travel during the epidemic is very high, a
Beautiful Xinjiang, beautiful Ili, beautiful Nalati
In Xinjiang, the names of many places have beautiful meanings, such as Urumqi, which means "beautiful pasture"; Bayingoleng, which means "rich river";
Nalati, Xinjiang, the snow-capped mountains, the sea of ​​clouds, the forest of Populus euphratica... the autumn scenery of the grassland you want is here
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The whole strategy of snow playing in Nalati, Xinjiang in winter, the middle reaches of ink and snow painting
People are naturally fond of snow, looking at the pure silence in front of them, it seems that people can forget everything. Because I like photograph