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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 of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan ...

  2. It is the 4th most populous city in the United States. As of 2020, more than 2 million people lived there. John Whitmire became the mayor of Houston in 2024. Houston is named after Samuel Houston, who fought for Texas to leave Mexico in 1836. The Johnson Space Center of NASA is in Houston.

  3. Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as HoustonThe Woodlands–Sugar Land, [4] [5] [6] is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, [7] [8] [9] encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas.

  4. The city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas was founded in 1837 after Augustus and John Allen had acquired land to establish a new town at the junction of Buffalo and White Oak bayous in 1836. Houston served as the temporary capital of the Republic of Texas. Meanwhile, the town developed as a regional transportation and commercial hub.

  5. May 30, 2023 · Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in Texas and in the Southern United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the sixth-most populous city in North America.

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  6. Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands, [1] is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States. It is made up of ten counties along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas.

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  8. The University of Houston is a public university in Houston, Texas. It was started in 1927, and has nearly 35,000 students.

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