Houston

Houston, Texas
Ceety
Ceety o Houston
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Location o Houston ceety leemits in an aroond Harris Coonty
Houston, Texas Location in the Unitit States o Americae
Coordinates: 29°45′46″N 95°22′59″W
Kintra	Unitit States o Americae
State	Texas
Coonties	Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery
Incorporatit	Juin 5, 1837
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor–cooncil
• Bodi	Houston Ceety Cooncil
• Mayor	Annise Parker
Area
• Ceety	1625.2 km2 (627.8 sq mi)
• Laund	1552.9 km2 (599.59 sq mi)
• Water	72.3 km2 (27.9 sq mi)
• Metro	26,060 km2 (10062 sq mi)
Elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Ceety	2,195,914 (4t U.S.)
• Density	1,414/km2 (3,662/sq mi)
• Urban	4,944,332 (7t U.S.)
• Metro	6,313,158 (5t U.S.)
• Demonym	Houstonian
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	281, 346, 713, 832
FIPS code	48-35000
GNIS feature ID	1380948
Website	houstontx.gov

Houston (ⁱ/ˈhjuːstən/) is the fowert-lairgest ceety in the Unitit States o Americae an the lairgest ceety in the state o Texas. As o the 2009 U.S. Census estimate, the ceety haed a population o 2.3 million athin an aurie o 579 square mile (1,500 km2). Houston is the seat o Harris Coonty an the economic centre o the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan aurie—the saxt-lairgest metropolitan aurie in the U.S. wi a population o 5.9 million.

Houston wis foondit on August 30, 1836, bi brithers Augustus Chapman Allen an John Kirby Allen on land naur the banks o Buffalo Bayou. The ceety wis incorporatit on Juin 5, 1837, an named efter then-Preses o the Republic o Texas—umwhile General Sam Houston—who haed commandit at the Battle o San Jacinto, whilk teuk place 25 mile (40 km) east o whaur the ceety wis established. The burgeonin port an railwey industry, combined wi ile discivery in 1901, haes induced continual surges in the ceety's population. In the mid-twintiet century, Houston became the hame o the Texas Medical Centre—the warld's lairgest concentration o heal care an research institutions—an NASA's Johnson Space Centre, whaur the Mission Control Centre is locatit.

Ratit as a beta warld ceety, Houston's economy haes a braid industrial base in the energy, manufacturin, aeronautics, transportation, an heal care sectors an is a leadin centre for biggin oilfield equipment; anerlie New York Ceety is hame tae mair Fortune 500 heidquarters in the ceety leemits. The Port o Houston ranks first in the Unitit States in internaitional watterborne tonnage handled an seicont in tot fraucht tonnage handled. The ceety haes a population frae various ethnic an releegious backgrunds an a lairge an growin internaitional community. It is hame tae mony cultural institutions an exhibits—attractin mair nor 7 million visitors a year tae the Houston Museum Destrict. Houston haes an active visual an performin airts scene in the Theatre Destrict an is ane o few U.S. ceeties that affer year-roond resident companies in aw major performin airts.

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Taipei, Taiwan (1963) Huelva, Spain (1969) Chiba, Japan (1973) Nice, Fraunce (1973) Baku, Azerbaijan (1976) Grampian Region, Scotland (1979) Stavanger, Norrowey (1980) Perth, Australie (1983) Istanbul, Turkey (1986)

Shenzhen, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (1986) Guayaquil, Ecuador (1987) Leipzig, Germany (1993) Tyumen, Roushie (1995) Abu Dhabi, Unitit Arab Emirates (2001) Luanda, Angolae (2003) Tampico, Mexico (2003) Karachi, Pakistan (2009)