ʻO ka ʻike nui o ka mākeke waiwai ʻo Houston, Texas
ʻO Houston (ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania: Houston) ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Texas ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ʻo ka hā o ka nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Wahi a ka helu ʻana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i 2020, ʻo ka heluna o ke kūlanakauhale ma kahi o 2,304,580 miliona mau kānaka, e noho ana ma kahi o 1,600 mau kilomita square. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ka noho o ke kikowaena hoʻomalu o Harris County a he kikowaena hoʻokele waiwai ʻo Houston-Sugarland-Baytown metropolitan area - ʻo ka ʻelima mau wahi nui loa ma United States - me ka heluna o 7.1 miliona e like me 2020.
ʻO ka lani ʻo Houston ka ʻehā kiʻekiʻe loa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau (ma hope o New York, Chicago a me Toronto), a ʻo ka 12 kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua i ka makahiki 2014. He 11 km ka lōʻihi o nā tunnels a me nā ala ala kiʻekiʻe i ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻopili i nā hale i ke kikowaena, e hiki ai i ka poʻe hele wāwae ke pilikia ʻole i ka wela nui i ke kauwela a i ʻole ka ua nui i ka hoʻoilo.
He ʻano moʻomeheu ʻo Houston, ʻo kekahi hapa ma muli o kāna mau kula hoʻonaʻauao a me nā ʻoihana nui, a ʻo ia hoʻi he kūlanakauhale awa nui. ʻOi aku ma mua o 90 mau ʻōlelo i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale a ʻo ia ka poʻe ʻōpio ʻōpio loa o ka lāhui, ʻo kahi haʻawina i kēia ka neʻe ʻana i Texas.
ʻO ke kaiāulu Iudaio
ʻO ke kaiāulu Iudaio o Houston, i manaʻo ʻia ma kahi o 47,000 i 2001, ua noho ma ke kūlanakauhale mai ka makahiki 1800. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe Iudaio o Houston e hele mai mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Israel, Mexico, Russia a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe. E like me 2016, aia ma luna o 40 mau hale pule ma Greater Houston. ʻO nā hale pule nui loa ma Houston ʻo Congregation Beit Yeshuron, kahi hale pule Iudaio Conservative, a me nā hui Reform Jewish Beit Israel a me Amnu-El.
hoʻokele waiwai
Loaʻa i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Houston kahi kahua ʻoihana ākea i ka ikehu, hana, aeronautics a me ka ʻenehana; ʻO New York wale nō ka home o nā hui Fortune 500. Ma ke kālepa, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Houston he kūlanakauhale honua, a ʻo ia ke kūlanakauhale alakaʻi o ka honua i ka ʻoihana huahana ʻaila. ʻO ke awa ʻo Houston ke kūlana mua ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka lawe ʻana i nā tonna ukana honua, a ʻo ka lua o ka nui o nā tona ukana. I ka makahiki 2012, ua lawe ʻia aku nā waiwai he 110.3 biliona kālā mai ka ʻāina ʻo Houston, ʻo nā wahi ʻekolu a lākou e lawe nui aku ai ʻo Mexico, Kanada a me Brazil. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka holomua o ke kūlanakauhale ma ka ʻoihana petrochemical ma muli o ke awa o Houston. ʻAʻole like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai aila a me ke kinoea e kōkua i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Houston, ʻoiai ʻo ka nui o kona poʻe kamaʻāina e hana nei i ka ʻoihana ikehu.
Ma 2013, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Houston ʻo ke kūlanakauhale helu ʻekahi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hana ʻana e ka US Bureau of Statistics, ʻaʻole wale ʻo ia ke kūlanakauhale nui mua e mālama i nā hana āpau i nalowale i ka wā o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma mua o ia, akā ma hope hoʻi. ka hāʻule ʻana. ʻO ka mea hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hope pelekikena o ka noiʻi ma ka Greater Houston Partnership ʻo Patrick Jankowski i hōʻike i ka holomua o Houston i ka hiki i nā ʻoihana waiwai a me nā ʻoihana ikehu o ka ʻāina ke aʻo mai nā hewa o ka mōʻaukala. Eia kekahi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jankowski "ʻoi aku ma mua o 2008 mau ʻoihana haole i neʻe, hoʻonui a hoʻokumu paha i nā ʻoihana hou ma Houston" ma waena o 2010 a me 2013, ua hoʻonui kēia wehe ʻana i nā ʻoihana ma waho i ka hana ʻana i ka manawa i haʻahaʻa ai ka noi kūloko. Ma XNUMX, ua ʻike hou ʻia ʻo Houston ma ka papa inoa o "Nā Wahi maikaʻi loa no ka ʻoihana a me ka hana" ma Forbes.
Nā mokulele
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Houston e 3 mau mokulele, ʻelua o ia mau mea kūʻai aku a lawelawe ʻia i 52 miliona mau kaʻa ma 2007. ʻO ka mea nui ʻo Houston George Bush Airport, ʻo ka ʻumi nui loa ma United States e pili ana i ka nui o nā mea holo a me ka 28th ma ka honua. ʻO Bush Airport kahi kumu nui o nā hana no United Airlines, a hāʻawi ka hui ma mua o 700 mau mokulele e haʻalele ana mai ke kūlanakauhale.
Nā lawelawe ola kino
ʻO Houston ka home o ka Texas Medical Center, ʻo ia ke kikowaena nui loa o ka honua no ka noiʻi a me nā ʻoihana mālama ola. ʻO nā lālā 49 a pau o ke kikowaena olakino he mau hui waiwai ʻole. Hāʻawi lākou i ka mālama maʻi a me nā lawelawe lapaʻau pale, ka noiʻi, ka hoʻonaʻauao, a me ka hopohopo no ka pono o ke kaiāulu kūloko, aupuni a me ka honua. Hoʻohana ka Texas Medical Center ma mua o 73,600 poʻe, ʻo nā keʻena ma ke kikowaena olakino he 13 mau halemai a me 2 mau kula kūikawā, 2 mau kula olakino, 4 kula kahu hānai, kula niho, kahi lāʻau lapaʻau a hāʻawi i ka hana no nā ʻoihana pili olakino. Aia ka lawelawe hoʻokuʻu lapaʻau nui loa ma Hits, a ʻo kekahi o nā mea mua i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka honua, a me kahi papahana transplant holomua. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻoki puʻuwai ma ke kikowaena olakino ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua.
ʻO nā keʻena lapaʻau a me nā noiʻi ma Texas Medical Center, ʻo ia ka M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, ka Texas Children's Hospital, Memorial Hermann Hospital, a me nā mea hou aku.
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