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Houston (pronúncia /ˈhjuːstən/) é a cidade mais populosa do estado do Texas e a quarta mais populosa dos Estados Unidos. É a sede do Condado de Harris e possui território nos condados de Fort Bend e Montgomery. Foi fundada em 30 de agosto de 1836 pelos irmãos Augustus Chapman Allen e John Kirby Allen [3] junto à baía de Búfalo.
With a population of 2,302,878 in 2022, [2] Houston is the fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the seventh-most populous city in North America. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle.
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.
Houston served as the temporary capital of the Republic of Texas. Meanwhile, the town developed as a regional transportation and commercial hub. Houston was part of an independent nation until 1846 when the United States formally annexed Texas. Railroad development began in the late 1850s but ceased during the American Civil War.
Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas.
Há 5 dias · Houston, most populous city in Texas and fourth largest city in the United States. It is the seat of Harris county, southeastern Texas, and is an inland port city, linked by the Houston Ship Channel to the Gulf of Mexico and the Intracoastal Waterway at Galveston, 50 miles (80 km) southeast.
Houston é a cidade mais populosa do estado do Texas e a quarta mais populosa dos Estados Unidos. É a sede do Condado de Harris e possui território nos condados de Fort Bend e Montgomery. Foi fundada em 30 de agosto de 1836 pelos irmãos Augustus Chapman Allen e John Kirby Allen junto à baía de Búfalo.
