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Houston ( / ˈhjuːstən / ⓘ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous ...
Houston is located 165 miles (266 km) east of Austin, 112 miles (180 km) west of the Louisiana border, and 250 miles (400 km) south of Dallas. Houston County, Texas, located 100 miles (160 km) north of Houston, is unrelated to Houston.
4 days ago · Houston, most populous city in Texas and fourth largest city in the United States. It is the seat of Harris county, southeastern Texas, and is an inland port city, linked by the Houston Ship Channel to the Gulf of Mexico and the Intracoastal Waterway at Galveston, 50 miles (80 km) southeast.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 21, 2022 · We know that Houston is the 4th largest city in the U.S., but in what ways is Houston big other than in size and population? And how does Houston’s size affect its residents directly and indirectly?
Sep 22, 2010 · “Houston is a microcosm of the world,” said Stephen Klineberg, a professor at Rice University and co-director of its Institute for Urban Research. He launched the annual Houston Area Survey at the university in 1982 and has been tracking the city’s demographic changes ever since.
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