Houston (usa)

Houston

Houston ranks 54th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind St. Louis, Cairo, and Bucharest. The most famous people from Houston are Howard Hughes, Patrick Swayze, and Beyoncé. The most famous people who died in Houston are Howard Hughes, George H. W. Bush, and Barbara Bush. Houston has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many astronauts, and politicians. Houston is located in United States.

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.3 million at the 2020 census. The Greater Houston metropolitan area, at 7.8 million residents, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan area in the nation and second-most populous in Texas. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, Houston is the seat of Harris County. Covering a total area of 640.4 square miles (1,659 km2), it is the ninth largest city in the country and the largest whose municipal government is not consolidated with a county, parish, or borough. Although primarily located within Harris County, portions of the city extend into Fort Bend and Montgomery counties. Houston also functions as the southeastern anchor of the Texas Triangle megaregion. Read more on Wikipedia