Houston, Texas

USA / Texas / Houston /
 city, county seat, millionaire city
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the U.S. and the largest city in the state of Texas. As of the 2010 US Census, the city has a population of 2,099,451 within an area of 600 square miles. It is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population of 5.6 million.

Founded in 1836 and incorporated one year later, Houston is internationally known for its energy and aeronautics industries, and for the Port of Houston, which ranks first in the country in international cargo and second in total cargo tonnage. Second only to New York City in Fortune 500 company headquarters, Houston is the home of the Texas Medical Center, which contains the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions.

Nicknames for the city include: "Space City", "The Bayou City", "H-Town", "Clutch City", "City of Syrup", "Hustletown", and the "Energy Capital of the World"

www.houstontx.gov/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston
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Coordinates:   29°49'9"N   95°25'23"W

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  • my regional office is this city i love all buetiful girls of this city
  • all the good "stuff" comes from here :)
  • HTOWN
  • best town
  • this placce is way to high crime for me but i dont mind spring TEXAS!
  • Houston is one of the best city in the world.
  • Houston, home of the urban sprawl nightmare, is a giant ugly concrete jungle where you can come to witness some of the fattest people in the world drive their massive SUVs or rather parked on any of the clogged up major freeways. Don't go to this city, even if you have to.
  • User "grocerylist" comes from Germany. His statement ist typically for his country, be careful !
  • I love you H town I love you
  • Houston Best Town Ever!!!!!!
  • People like "grocerylist" give the rest of us something to laugh at. Houston's a great city.
  • Is nice city to settle
  • i also like this gigantic suburb too nice low density with no culture
  • Heared a lot and found great too, Sugar Land towne centre drive is nice place to visit often, specially weekend live bands, I love driving on its great intersections.
  • HOUSTON IS A COWTOWN AT THE MOST :) SO IF YOU LIKE COWPIES GO TO HOUSTON :)
  • we have a problem
  • nice place to visit....
  • Houston is so cool you better visit it ok i love houston
  • most suitable place for education and for couples too.
  • Houston is a largest.It's cool place.I LOVE HOUSTON USA.
  • Houston is the best place!!
  • I love this city. There's no better place in the world to live!
  • After doing the polygons ALWAYS RESIZE THE SQUARES, so the article will looks cleaner!Tks!
  • someone explain me what is a ''super neighbourhood'' ?
  • I love houston
  • Houston is bor-ing. If you go to Texas, go somewhere cool like DALLAS or AUSTIN!
  • I've started to redraw to the city limits to make this more accurate but, there is still work to be done.
  • The city limits are now correct on the East, West, & South sides, the city is to big to get the north accurate to my knowledge.
  • Houston is a very wonderful city.
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