 Skyline of the Houston, TX downtown district. The photo was taken from the west, over Buffalo Bayou. Image by David Daniel Turner, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY 4.0 |
Clyde OtisHouston Houston Largest city in Texas, United States For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Houston County, Texas; Heuston; or Euston. Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.3 million at the 2020 census. The Greater Houston metropolitan area, at 7.8 million residents, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan area in the nation and second-most populous in Texas. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, Houston is the county seat of Harris County. Covering a total area of 640.4 square miles (1,659 km2),[8] it is… (Source: Wikipedia)
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