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{{Infobox City
|official_name = City of Houston, Texas
|nickname= Space City
|image_flag =
|image_seal =
|image_map =
|map_caption = Location of Huntington Beach within Orange County, California.
|subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Political divisions of the United States|State]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
|subdivision_name = [[Directory:United States|United States]] {{flagicon|US}}
|subdivision_name1 = [[Directory:Texas|Texas]]
|subdivision_name2 =
|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name = [[Bill White]]
|area_magnitude = 1 E8
|area_total = 601.7 miles
|area_land = 579.4 sq. miles
|area_water = 22.3 sq. miles
|population_as_of = 2005
|population_note =
|population_total = [[Population:=2016582|2,016,582]]
|population_density = 1344
|timezone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|CST]]
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]]
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|latitude =
|longitude =
|website = http://www.houstontx.gov/
|footnotes =
}}
:''For Businesses in the Houston area see [[Directory:Houston Area Business]]
:''For Businesses in the Houston area see [[Directory:Houston Area Business]]
'''Houston''' is the largest city in the state of [[Directory:Texas]] and fourth-largest in the [[United States]]. The city covers more than 600 square miles (1,600 km²) and is the county seat of [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]]. 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 [[Greater Houston|Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown]] metropolitan area, a major cultural center, the largest economic center of the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] region and the seventh-largest [[United States metropolitan area|metropolitan area]] in the U.S. with a population of 5.3 million in 10 counties.
'''Houston''' is the largest city in the state of [[Directory:Texas]] and fourth-largest in the [[United States]]. The city covers more than 600 square miles (1,600 km²) and is the county seat of [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]]. 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 [[Greater Houston|Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown]] metropolitan area, a major cultural center, the largest economic center of the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] region and the seventh-largest [[United States metropolitan area|metropolitan area]] in the U.S. with a population of 5.3 million in 10 counties.