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Houston is a sprawling port city in Southeastern . An oil boom and continuing international immigration has brought explosive growth to the city, and it is now the fifth largest metropolitan area in the and the most diverse large city since 2021.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Neartown.

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is the main international airport of Houston and a major gateway into . It is a hub for United Airlines.

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is a general name for the lively area that encompasses the neighborhoods just west of Downtown. It is bounded by I-69/US-59 to the south, I-45 to the east, and Allen Parkway to the north. The western boundary is approximately Shepherd Drive.

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Downtown is the central business district of Houston. It is bounded by the I-10, I-45, and I-69 freeways.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as South Inner Loop and West Houston.

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South and west of , is home to the Museum District, Hermann Park, the main campus of the University of Houston, Rice University, the Texas Medical Center, and NRG Stadium.

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, at first glance, seems to be no more than urban sprawl at its worst: strip malls, gridlock, billboards, and more strip malls. Yet one need not travel far from the interstate to discover a trove of hidden gems: tranquil parks, the absolute highs…

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is known chiefly as the home of , industrial parks, the busy office buildings of Greenspoint, and sleepy residential areas, but determined travelers will also find pleasant green spaces, cozy neighborhood eateries, and even some waterparks nestled among the towering pines of East Texas.

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Uptown is in Houston, though nobody in Houston has used that term since about 1970 - it's generally referred to as "The Galleria", or to motorists at I-610 and U.S. 59 as the highway to avoid.

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Rough-and-tumble is the city's beating, industrial heart - along with William P. Hobby Airport, you'll find the Houston Ship Channel and working-class neighborhoods in the shadow of the somewhat alien landscape of oil refineries that line the shores.

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is a district of Houston. It is home to NASA's Johnson Space Center. The area's boating opportunities are considered second only to those of Miami. Fishing, swimming, hiking, and history are also popular activities in the area.

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The encompasses many of the poshest, most upscale neighborhoods and business areas in Houston.

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The area includes some of Houston's most pleasant neighborhoods as well as a burgeoning restaurant and nightlife scene, especially on the Washington Street corridor.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Toyota Center and Minute Maid Park.

Stadium
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is an indoor arena located in Houston, Texas, United States. It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The arena is home to the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association, and it was once the home of the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League, and the Houston Comets of the Women's National Basketball Association.

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Daikin Park is a retractable roof in Houston, Texas, United States. It opened in 2000 and is the home ballpark of the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball.

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is a multi-purpose stadium located in Houston, Texas, United States. It is home to Houston Dynamo FC of the Major League Soccer, the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League, the Texas Southern Tigers football team, and the Houston Gamblers of the United Football League.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midtown and Houston Museum District.

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is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of . Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45, is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.

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The is an association of 21 , cultural centers and community organizations located in Houston, Texas, dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture.

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is one of the historic six wards of Houston, , United States. The is located inside the 610 Loop directly west of and adjacent to .

Houston

  • Type: City with 2,300,000 residents
  • Description: seat of Harris County, and largest city in State of Texas, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Houston”, “H-Town”, “Houston City”, “Houston TX”, “Houston, Texas”, “Houston, TX”, “Petro metro”, “Space City”, and “USHOU”
  • Postal codes: 77001-77096, 77098, 77099, 77201-77210, 77212, 77213, 77215-77231, 77233-77238, 77240-77245, 77248, 77249, 77251-77259, 77261-77263, 77265-77275, 77277, 77279, 77280, 77282, 77284, 77287-77293, 77297, and 77299
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  • Categories: city in the United States, big city, county seat, port city, and locality
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude
29.7589° or 29° 45′ 32″ north
Longitude
-95.3677° or 95° 22′ 4″ west
Population
2,300,000
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
IATA airport code
HOU
United Nations Location Code
US HOU
Open location code
76X6QJ5J+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27526178
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4699066
Wiki­data ID
Q16555
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Houston” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Houston”
  • Albanian: “Hjuston”
  • Albanian: “Houston”
  • Amharic: “ሂውስተን”
  • Arabic: “هيوستن”
  • Aragonese: “Houston”
  • Armenian: “Հյուստոն”
  • Asturian: “Houston, Texas”
  • Asturian: “Houston”
  • Aymara: “Houston”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hyuston”
  • Balinese: “Houston”
  • Bambara: “Houston”
  • Basque: “Houston”
  • Bavarian: “Houston”
  • Belarusian: “Г’юстан”
  • Belarusian: “Х’юстан”
  • Belarusian: “Хюстан”
  • Bengali: “হিউস্টন”
  • Bhojpuri: “ह्यूस्टन”
  • Bosnian: “Houston”
  • Breton: “Houston”
  • Bulgarian: “Хюстън”
  • Burmese: “ဟူစတန်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Houston”
  • Cebuano: “Houston”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھیووستن”
  • Chechen: “Хьюстон”
  • Chinese: “Houston”
  • Chinese: “休士頓”
  • Chinese: “休斯敦”
  • Chinese: “休斯顿”
  • Chinese: “侯斯頓”
  • Chuvash: “Хьюстон”
  • Cornish: “Houston, Teksas”
  • Cornish: “Houston”
  • Croatian: “Houston”
  • Czech: “Houston”
  • Dagbani: “Houston”
  • Danish: “Houston”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Houston”
  • Dutch: “Houston”
  • Eastern Mari: “Хьюстон”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيوستن”
  • Erzya: “Хьюстон”
  • Esperanto: “Houston”
  • Esperanto: “Hustono”
  • Esperanto: “Kosma Urbo”
  • Estonian: “Houston”
  • Ewe: “Houston”
  • Extremaduran: “Houston”
  • Faroese: “Houston”
  • Finnish: “Houston, Texas”
  • Finnish: “Houston”
  • French: “Houston”
  • Galician: “Houston, Texas”
  • Galician: “Houston”
  • Gan Chinese: “休斯頓”
  • Georgian: “ჰიუსტონი”
  • German: “Houston, Texas”
  • German: “Houston”
  • Gilaki: “هيۊستن”
  • Gothic: “𐌷𐍉𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌽”
  • Greek: “Χιούστον, Τέξας”
  • Greek: “Χιούστον”
  • Guarani: “Houston”
  • Gujarati: “હ્યુસ્ટન”
  • Haitian: “Houston”
  • Haitian: “Youstòn, Teksas”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hiû-sṳ̂-tûn”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Houston”
  • Hausa: “Houston”
  • Hawaiian: “Houston, Kekeka”
  • Hawaiian: “Houston”
  • Hebrew: “יוסטון”
  • Hindi: “ह्युस्टन”
  • Hindi: “ह्यूस्टन”
  • Hungarian: “Houston”
  • Icelandic: “Houston”
  • Ido: “Houston, Texas”
  • Ido: “Houston”
  • Inari Sami: “Houston”
  • Indonesian: “H-Town”
  • Indonesian: “Houston, Texas”
  • Indonesian: “Houston”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Houston”
  • Indonesian: “Space City”
  • Indonesian: “USHOU”
  • Interlingua: “Houston”
  • Interlingue: “Houston”
  • Inuktitut: “ᓯᐅᔅᑕᓐ”
  • Irish: “Houston, Texas”
  • Irish: “Houston”
  • Italian: “Houston”
  • Japanese: “ヒューストン”
  • Javanese: “Houston, Texas”
  • Javanese: “Houston”
  • Kabyle: “Houston”
  • Kannada: “ಹೂಸ್ಟನ್”
  • Kannada: “‍ಹ್ಯೂಸ್ಟನ್”
  • Kannada: “ಹ್ಯೂಸ್ಟನ್”
  • Kashmiri: “ہیوسٹن”
  • Kazakh: “Хьюстон”
  • Kikuyu: “Houston”
  • Korean: “휴스턴”
  • Kurdish: “Houston, Teksas”
  • Kurdish: “Houston”
  • Ladin: “Houston”
  • Ladino: “Houston”
  • Latin: “Hustonia”
  • Latvian: “Hjūstona”
  • Limburgan: “Houston”
  • Lithuanian: “Hiustonas”
  • Lombard: “Houston”
  • Low German: “Houston”
  • Luxembourgish: “Houston”
  • Macedonian: “Хјустон”
  • Maithili: “ह्युस्टन”
  • Malagasy: “Houston”
  • Malay: “Houston”
  • Malayalam: “ഹ്യൂസ്റ്റൺ”
  • Maltese: “Houston”
  • Manx: “Houston”
  • Maori: “Hūhetene”
  • Marathi: “ह्युस्टन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Houston”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰიუსთონი”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰიუსტონი”
  • Moksha: “Гьюстон”
  • Mongolian: “Хьюстон”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “هيوستن”
  • Nepali: “ह्युस्टन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Houston”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Houston”
  • Norwegian: “Houston”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Houston”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hūsestūn”
  • Ossetian: “Хьюстон”
  • Pampanga: “Houston, Texas”
  • Pampanga: “Houston”
  • Panjabi: “ਹੂਸਟਨ”
  • Papiamento: “Houston”
  • Persian: “هوستون”
  • Persian: “هیوستون”
  • Piemontese: “Houston”
  • Polish: “Houston”
  • Portuguese: “Houston, Texas”
  • Portuguese: “Houston”
  • Pushto: “هیوستون”
  • Quechua: “Houston”
  • Romanian: “Houston”
  • Russian: “Хьюстон”
  • Sardinian: “Houston”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Houston”
  • Scots: “Houston”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Houston, Texas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Houston”
  • Serbian: “Hjuston”
  • Serbian: “USHOU”
  • Serbian: “Хјустон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Houston”
  • Sicilian: “Houston”
  • Silesian: “Houston”
  • Sindhi: “ھوسٽن”
  • Sinhala: “හූස්ටන්”
  • Slovak: “Houston”
  • Slovenian: “Houston, Teksas”
  • Slovenian: “Houston”
  • Somali: “Houston”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هیوستون”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Houston”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Espacial”
  • Spanish: “Houston (Texas)”
  • Spanish: “Houston”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Houston”
  • Swahili: “Houston, Texas”
  • Swahili: “Houston”
  • Swedish: “Houston, Texas”
  • Swedish: “Houston”
  • Swiss German: “Houston”
  • Tagalog: “Houston”
  • Tajik: “Хюстон”
  • Tajik: “Ҳюстон”
  • Tajik: “Ҳюстун”
  • Talysh: “Hjuston”
  • Tamil: “ஹியூஸ்டன்”
  • Tatar: “Hyuston”
  • Tatar: “Хьюстон”
  • Tatar: “Һьюстон”
  • Telugu: “హ్యూస్టన్”
  • Thai: “ฮิวสตัน”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Houston, Texas”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Houston”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Houston”
  • Turkish: “Houston, Teksas”
  • Turkish: “Houston”
  • Turkmen: “Houston”
  • Twi: “Houston”
  • Twi: “Husten”
  • Uighur: “Hyuston”
  • Ukrainian: “Г’юстон”
  • Ukrainian: “Х’юстон”
  • Urdu: “ہوسٹن”
  • Urdu: “ہیوسٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Houston”
  • Uzbek: “Hyuston”
  • Uzbek: “Xyuston”
  • Venetian: “Houston”
  • Veps: “Hjuston”
  • Vietnamese: “Houston, Texas”
  • Vietnamese: “Houston”
  • Vlax Romani: “Houston”
  • Volapük: “Houston”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Houston”
  • Welsh: “Houston”
  • Western Armenian: “Հիուսթըն”
  • Western Armenian: “Հիւսթըն”
  • Western Frisian: “Houston”
  • Western Mari: “Хьюстон”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہیوسٹن”
  • Wu Chinese: “休斯敦”
  • Yakut: “Хьюстон”
  • Yiddish: “היוסטן”
  • Yoruba: “Houston”
  • Yue Chinese: “侯斯頓”
  • “Houston”
  • “ह्यूस्टन”

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