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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.

Yangquan City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, was called "Yangquan" in ancient times. Located in the central and eastern part of Shanxi Province, adjacent to Xinzhou City in the north, Taihang Mountain and Shijiazhuang City in the east, Taiyuan City in the west and Jinzhong City in the south; with a total area of 4559 square kilometers, it is a new industrial city. Yangquan is located in the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau, belongs to the eastern mountains of Shanxi, the landforms in the territory are mainly mountains, the rest are hills and plains; it belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate zone. As of 2018, Yangquan City has jurisdiction over three districts and two counties, with a total population of 1.4144 million. Yangquan is the gateway of Sanjin, Shanxi and Hebei, located in the middle of the two provincial capitals of Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang, with a distance of 100 kilometers. Yangquan is also located in the combination zone of the eastern developed region and the central and western regions, as well as the two major scriptures around the Bohai Sea and the Yangtze River Delta.
Travel Notes In YangQuan