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Houston 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 km²) and is the county seat of Harris County—the third-most populous 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 largest cultural and economic center of the Gulf Coast region and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population of 5.3 million in 10 counties.
Houston is world-renowned for its energy (particularly oil) and aeronautics industries, and for its ship channel. The area is also the world's leading center for building oilfield equipment. The Port of Houston ranks first in the country in international commerce and is the sixth-largest port in the world. Second only to New York City in Fortune 500 headquarters, Houston is the seat of the internationally-renowned Texas Medical Center, which contains the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions.
Houston is ranked as one of 11 U.S. world-class cities by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network. The city has a vibrant visual and performing arts scene as Houston is one of the five U.S. cities that offer world-class, year-round resident companies in all major performing arts. In addition, the Houston Theater District is ranked second in the country for the number of theatre seats in a concentrated downtown area per capita. The city is within proximity to beaches on Galveston Island as well as one of the United States's largest concentrations of pleasure boats.
Houston Fact File:
Access
- Two major airports: Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport ranked No. 1 in the country for on-time arrivals and on-time departures by the United States Department of Transportation (2004)
- Houston Airport System (HAS) is the fourth largest multi-airport system in the U.S., the seventh largest international gateway in the country
- 44 million passengers traveled through the airports in 2004
- 6.4 million international passengers annually
- HAS serves a total of 181 cities worldwide
- Bush Intercontinental ranks third among U.S. airports for nonstop destinations
- METRORail, a 7.5-mile rail line connects downtown to the Museum District, Texas Medical Center and Reliant Park
- METRO operates more than 1,400 accessible buses
Population
- 2 million residents in Houston, 4.7 million in the Greater Houston area
- County seat of Harris County, the nation’s third largest county with more than 3.4 million citizens
Sports
- MLB: 2005 National League Champion Houston Astros
- NBA: two-time World Champion Houston Rockets
- WNBA: four-time World Champion Houston Comets
- NFL: Houston Texans, the newest expansion team in the NFL
- AHL: Calder Cup Champion Houston Aeros
Multicultural Houston
- 90 languages spoken throughout the area
- Diverse population - 37.4 percent Hispanic, 49.3 percent Caucasian, 29.3 percent African-American and 5.3 percent Asian
- 83 consulates - the third largest consular corps in the nation
Climate
| Average Temperatures and Precipitation | ||
| Month | High/Low | Precipitation |
| January | 61/40°F | 3.29 inches |
| February | 65/43 | 2.96 |
| March | 71/50 | 2.92 |
| April | 78/58 | 3.21 |
| May | 85/64 | 5.24 |
| June | 90/71 | 4.96 |
| July | 93/72 | 3.60 |
| August | 93/72 | 3.49 |
| September | 88/68 | 4.89 |
| October | 82/58 | 4.27 |
| November | 72/50 | 3.79 |
| December | 65/42 | 3.45 |
Source: Weather Research Center |
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Sources: Houston-Guide.com/Wikipedia