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Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston …
Houston 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 statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,314,157 in 2023, Houston 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. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle.
  • Country: United States
  • State: Texas
  • Incorporated: June 5, 1837
  • Elevation: 80 ft (32 m)
  • Area codes: 713, 281, 832, 346, 621
  • Counties: Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery
  • Named after: Sam Houston

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