About Universty of Houston

Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ (listen) HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas, fourth-most populous city in the United States, most populous city in the Southern United States, as capably as the sixth-most populous in North America, with an estimated 2019 population of 2,320,268. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical Place in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, with a population of 7,066,141 in 2019. Houston is the southeast telecaster of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle.

Comprising a total Place of 637.4 square miles (1,651 km2), Houston is the eighth-most broad city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties). It is the largest city in the United States by sum area, whose meting out is not consolidated subsequent to that of a county, parish, or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the city extend into Fort Bend and Montgomery counties, bordering extra principal communities of Greater Houston such as Sugar Land and The Woodlands.

The city of Houston was founded by house investors upon August 30, 1836, at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou (a lessening now known as Allen’s Landing) and incorporated as a city upon June 5, 1837. The city is named after former General Sam Houston, who was president of the Republic of Texas and had won Texas’s independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of Allen’s Landing. After briefly serving as the capital of the Texas Republic in the late 1830s, Houston grew steadily into a regional trading center for the remainder of the 19th century.

The dawn of the 20th century had a convergence of economic factors that fueled short growth in Houston, including a burgeoning harbor and railroad industry, the decline of Galveston as Texas’s primary port following a devastating 1900 hurricane, the subsequent construction of the Houston Ship Channel, and the Texas oil boom. In the mid-20th century, Houston’s economy diversified, as it became home to the Texas Medical Center—the world’s largest captivation of healthcare and research institutions—and NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where the Mission Control Center is located.

Houston’s economy before the late 19th century has a broad industrial base in energy, manufacturing, aeronautics, and transportation. Leading in healthcare sectors and building oilfield equipment, Houston has the second-most Fortune 500 headquarters of any U.S. municipality within its city limits (after New York City). The Port of Houston ranks first in the United States in international waterborne tonnage handled and second in sum cargo tonnage handled.

Nicknamed the “Bayou City”, “Space City”, “H-Town”, and “the 713”, Houston has become a global city, with strengths in culture, medicine, and research. The city has a population from various ethnic and religious backgrounds and a large and growing international community. Houston is the most diverse metropolitan Place in Texas and has been described as the most racially and ethnically diverse major metropolis in the U.S. It is home to many cultural institutions and exhibits, which attract higher than 7 million visitors a year to the Museum District. The Museum District is home to nineteen museums, galleries, and community spaces. Houston has an swift visual and the stage scene in the Theater District, and offers year-round resident companies in all major performing arts arts.