Houston (pronounced [hju:st?n]) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States. The city covers more than 600 square miles (1,600 km?) and is the county seat of Harris County?the third-most populous county in the country. As of the 2005 U.S. Census estimate, Houston had a population of more than 2 million. The city is at the heart of the Houston?Sugar Land?Baytown metropolitan area, the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population of 5.4 million in 10 counties.
Houston is internationally known for its energy (particularly oil) and ......
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