Houston is famous for its energy (especially oil), aviation industry and canals. Houston Port is the sixth largest port in the world and the busiest port in the United States, with the largest tonnage of foreign ships and the second largest regardless of nationality.

The headquarters of Fortune 500 is second only to new york. Houston is home to the Texas Medical Center, the largest clinical research and treatment institution in the world. Houston also has the lowest living expenses and housing prices among the 27 major metropolitan areas in the United States, with a population of over 6,543,800+7,000. Houston is called a "global city" by the Research Group and Network on Globalization and World Cities (GaWC).

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Houston is the capital of harris county, the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest city in the United States. The city is located in the north of the Mexican plain in the southeast of Texas, 80.45 kilometers away from the Gulf of Mexico, with an altitude of 14.93 meters. 1598 ㎞ What is the total area of the urban area? , the population is about 1.95 million. According to the statistics of 20 14, the population proportion of greater Houston metropolitan area is 38.8% white, 35.9% Hispanic, 6.7% black/kloc-0, 6.7% Asian, and 1.9% other.

Harris county has 29 cities, large and small. Greater Houston area includes 9 counties including Harris, Chambers and Galveston, with a total area of 22,733.7 "? The population is about 6.5 million.

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