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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.

Xuanwei City, located in the northeast of Yunnan Province, is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Qujing City, Yunnan Province. Located in longitude 103 °35 "104 °40" east, latitude 25 °53 "26 °44" north, adjacent to Panzhou City, Guizhou Province in the east, Zhanyi District in the south, facing Niulan River and Huize County in the west, Weining County in Guizhou Province in the north, 260 kilometers away from Kunming, the provincial capital. As of 2008, Xuanwei City has a total area of 6069.88 square kilometers. It accounts for about 1.58% of the total area of Yunnan Province. The urban area is 102 kilometers away from Qujing municipal government and 204 kilometers away from Kunming. Rich in tourism resources, scenic spots mainly include Dongshan Park (provincial tourist attractions), Wanshui Park, Meidu Mountain Park, Kedu Ancient Town, Laibin Longdong, Xishan Forest Park, Daxiangshui, Rongfeng Sunrise and so on.
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