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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.

Yuli, also known as "Luo Bunur", gets its name from "Lop Nur", meaning "lake with plump aquatic plants". It is located in central Xinjiang, in the hinterland of Bayingol Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture, 520km away from Urumqi and 50 km south of Korla, with a total area of 59700 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 7 townships, 1 town, 9 communities and 50 administrative villages. There are 5 regiment fields of the second Division of the production and Construction Corps in the county and 5 units directly stationed in the county (31 regiment, 33 regiment, 34 regiment, Chara water pipe of the second division, and the downstream management station of the Peacock River of the Bayingol Administration Bureau of the Tahe River). The National Highway 218 runs through the whole county and is one of the important transportation hubs in southern Xinjiang. It is particularly rich in mineral resources and tourism resources. It is known as the "back Garden" of Korla.
Travel Notes In Yuli County
Traveling Around the World (1409) Revisiting Southern Xinjiang Part 3: Luobu Village
On October 17, after breakfast, drive south from Korla to Luobu Village via Yuli County. This scenic spot is almost a must-see when driving in souther
Photo taken by Populus euphratica in southern Xinjiang, crossing the Russian Boliang on Mars (2020.10.28-11.09)
D1. 2020.10.28 Shanghai-Urumqi Stay at Xinjiang Kunlun Hotel. The well-known No. 2 bus station is just opposite it. This hotel used to be the tallest
The village of the Rob people is beautiful, picturesque, and beautiful
The village of the Rob people, with the Taklimakan Desert as the background, the green Tarim River and the Millennium Populus euphratica forest as the
Journey to Yuli——Robu Village
In order to visit the village of the Rob people comfortably and easily, we set off from Korla at 8:00 in the morning (because of the rotation of the e