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Houston, Texas
Nickname: Space City (official)
Location within and around Harris County Location within and around Harris County
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Country United States State Texas Counties Harris , Fort Bend , Montgomery Incorporated June 5, 1837 Named for Sam Houston • Type Strong Mayor-Council • Body Houston City Council • Mayor John Whitmire (D ) • City 671.67 sq mi (1,739.62 km2 ) • Land 640.44 sq mi (1,658.73 km2 ) • Water 31.23 sq mi (80.89 km2 ) Elevation
80 ft (32 m) • City 2,304,580 • Rank 4th in the United States1st in Texas • Density 3,598.43/sq mi (1,389.36/km2 ) • Metro 7,149,642 (5th ) Demonym Houstonian Time zone UTC−6 (CST ) • Summer (DST ) UTC−5 (CDT )ZIP Codes 770xx, 772xx (
P.O. Boxes )
Area codes 713, 281, 832, 346 FIPS code 48-35000[ 4] GNIS feature ID1380948[ 5] Major airports George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)Interstates File:I-10 (TX).svg File:I-45 (TX).svg File:I-69 (TX).svg File:I-610 (TX).svg U.S. routes File:US 59.svg File:US 90.svg File:US 290.svg State routes File:Texas 3.svg File:Texas Spur 5.svg File:Texas 6.svg File:Texas Beltway 8.svg File:Texas 35.svg File:Texas 99.svg File:Texas 146.svg File:Texas 225.svg File:Texas 249.svg File:Texas Spur 261.svg File:Texas 288.svg File:Texas Spur 330.svg File:Texas Spur 527.svg Rapid transit Houston Metro Website www
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas . 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 has the largest medical center and complex in the world, the Texas Medical Center.
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is the main international airport serving Houston, and William P. Hobby Airport is the other international airport that is close to downtown Houston.
Houston has the second-most Fortune 500New York City .[ 6] [ 7]
Houston has many sports teams, including the Astros, Texans, Rockets, and Houston Dynamo. The Astros play baseball , the Rockets play basketball , the Texans play American Football , and the Houston Dynamo play soccer.
Houston has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification ).
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