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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.

Yuhu District, which belongs to Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, is one of the two urban areas of Xiangtan City, which is located on the bank of Xiangjiang River in central Hunan. The Yuhu District gets its name from the thousand-year-old scenic spot "Rain Lake" in the territory. It is the commercial, scientific, educational and cultural center of Xiangtan, the key area of "two-oriented" social construction of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration and the leading area of "two-oriented" social construction of Xiangtan city. As of 2018, Yuhu District has a total area of 451.39 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over eight streets, three towns and one township, with a total population of 520914 in 2016. In 2016, the Yuhu District completed a GDP of 59.254 billion yuan. Yuhu District is the birthplace of Xiangtan City, where Xiangtan County was relocated in the Song Dynasty. Because of the proximity to the Xiangjiang River, the water and land transportation is well developed; in the Yuhu District, there are Wanlou, Confucian Temple, Guan Sheng Dian, Luban Dian, Tangxing Temple and Qiu Jin's former residence.
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