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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.

Yongsheng County is one of the counties under the jurisdiction of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. The county is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in the middle of Lijiang City, Yongbei Town. As of 2008, Yongsheng County has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 10 townships (including 7 ethnic townships). Yongsheng County has a total population of 392024 in 2010 and a local GDP of 4.48 billion yuan in 2012. Yongsheng is rich in products, known as "northwest Yunnan granary", "land of fish and rice". Rice, sugarcane, flue-cured tobacco and peanut are the main crops. Yongsheng Chenghai is famous for being rich in natural algae protein. Chenghai spirulina is listed as the key project of Yunnan Provincial Government's "18 Biological Development Project". The tourist attractions in Yongsheng County are Chenghai, Lingyuanqing, Yangping Reservoir, Mao ancestral Hall, Lijiang Biantun Museum, Sanchuan Tulin and Hongshiya ancient earthquake sites.
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