Houston 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 Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City; the sixth most populous city in North America. With a population of 2,304,580 in 2020., Houston is located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle.
Travel tip: This sprawling city hums with the energy
and independent spirit that turned it from swampland into the fourth-largest city in the U.S. Everything is big, from the towering skyscrapers to the city's prominence in aerospace, oil, shipping and finance. …tripadvisor.com
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