Anthu ambiri amadziŵa za Houston chifukwa cha udindo wawo monga mzinda waukulu wachinayi m'dzikoli, chikhalidwe chawo chodziwika bwino cha galimoto , kapena Tex-Mex . Koma pali zambiri zambiri ku Space City kuposa ziwerengero zazikulu ndi funso losangalatsa . Mzinda wa metro ndi wawukulu kuposa momwe ena amanenera, chiwerengero chawo chosiyana ndi chosiyana, ndipo Sam Houston alibe chochita ndi chilengedwe chake. Nazi zina zomwe inu (mwinamwake) simunkazidziwe za Houston, Texas.
01 pa 10
Houston sanapeze malo obisika.
Pamene NASA inachoka pamtunda wawo patatha zaka 30 za kuthawa kwa ndege, Discovery, Enterprise, Endeavor ndi Atlantis onse adapeza malo opuma osatha padziko lapansi - koma ngakhale kuti Houston anali kunyumba kwa Johnson Space Center ndi Mission Control, palibe mmodzi wa iwo adatha Space City. M'malo mwake, shuttles anatumizidwa ku Nyanja Yoopsa, Air & Space Museum ku New York; Chithandizo cha Udvar-Hazy Chantilly, Virginia (kunja kwa Washington DC); Kennedy Space Center ku Florida; ndi California Science Center ku Los Angeles.
Houston sangakhale ndi chipinda chopanda malo, koma ali ndi Saturn V, yomwe imakhala yozizira kwambiri. Ngakhale kuti malowa anali ndi maiko oposa 130 m'munsi mwa Earthbitbit ndi International Space Station, Saturn V kwenikweni inatumiza anthu ku mwezi.
Houston sanasiyidwe yopanda kanthu, komabe, pamene sitima za shuttle zinapuma pantchito. The Johnson Space Center inathamanga mipando yoyendetsa ndege ndi mipando yowononga, ndipo mphika wotsegulira tsopano ukukhala pa 747, yomwe mungayende pa Space Center Houston.
02 pa 10
Ndiwo mzinda waukulu kwambiri ku US
Malinga ndi lipoti la Kinder Institute for Urban Research & Hobby Center ya Study of Texas, Houston ndi mzinda wosiyana kwambiri ku United States - mosiyana kwambiri ndi New York City, Los Angeles kapena Chicago. Ndichifukwa chakuti palibe mzinda wina umene uli ndi kufanana komwe Houston amachita ku mitundu ikuluikulu ikuluikulu / mafuko omwe anapezeka ku United States. Ndidi mzinda wochuluka kwambiri.
Ndizodabwitsa kwambiri mdziko lonse lapansi. Ziyankhulo zoposa 90 zikulankhulidwa mumzinda wa Houston, ngakhale zomwe zimafala kwambiri ndi Chingerezi, Chisipanishi ndi Chivietinamu. Nthaŵi zambiri zimadabwitsa alendo ambiri kuti apeze kuti Houston ali ndi anthu ambiri a ku America omwe ali kunja kwa California. Anthu pafupifupi 35,000 a ku America amauza mzindawu, makamaka ku Midtown ndi ku Chinatown ku Houston.
03 pa 10
Akukula ndi mofulumira.
Houston ndilo mzinda wachiwiri womwe ukukula mofulumira kwambiri ku United States, womwe uli pafupi ndi mzinda wa New York City, ndipo uli pafupi kuti ufike ku Chicago ndikukhala mzinda waukulu kwambiri pa dziko lonse.
Sizinali choncho nthawi zonse. Anthu a Houston anawonjezeka kawiri pakati pa 1950 ndi 1970 , akudumpha kuchoka ku 596,163 kupita ku 1,233,505, ndipo kuyambira pamenepo, yawonjezeka kaŵirikaŵiri kwa anthu oposa 2 miliyoni mumzinda wokha. Mzinda wa Houston - osati osati mzinda wa Houston, komanso malo a Woodlands ndi Sugarland - alipo anthu pafupifupi 6.5 miliyoni.
Kuwonjezereka kofulumira kumeneku kwakhala kotheka chifukwa cha kukula kwa mafakitale akuluakulu a Houston, makamaka mankhwala, mafuta ndi gasi, ndi magetsi.
04 pa 10
Dera la metro ndi lalikulu kuposa dziko la New Jersey.
Mzinda wa Houston umatenga makilomita 8,778 miles, wopangitsa kuti ukhale wamkulu kuposa dziko la New Jersey koma pang'ono kwambiri kuposa Massachusetts. Ndipotu, mzindawu ndi waukulu kwambiri moti umaphatikizapo mizinda ina yonse. Pamene Houston anakula ndikuyamba kulumikiza midzi yaying'ono, madera ena adasiyidwa ndi Houston.
Mzinda wa Bunker Hill Village, Hunters Creek Village ndi Piney Points Village, mwachitsanzo, ndi mbali ya mizinda yodziimira kumadzulo kwa mzinda wa Houston kudera lomwe limatchedwa Memorial Villages. Mizinda imeneyi ikuzunguliridwa ndi malire a mzinda wa Houston koma imadziimira pawokha ndipo ili ndi maboma awo a mzinda ndi apolisi.
05 ya 10
Zimatenga mvula yambiri kuposa Seattle.
Houston amadziŵika chifukwa cha kutentha kwake ndi dzuwa la ku Texas, koma nyengo yake imakhala yowawa kwambiri . Mzindawu umatenga pafupifupi masentimita 45 a mvula chaka chilichonse - pafupifupi masentimita 10 kuposa Seattle. Pamene Pacific kumpoto chakumadzulo imakhala pafupi ndi mvula yambiri, mvula ku Gulf Coast nthawi zambiri imagwera m'mapepala akuluakulu. Ichi ndichifukwa chake Houston ili ndi mayendedwe ambiri, kapena madzi, akuzungulira mumzindawu, akuupatsa dzina lakutchulira mzinda wa Bayou. Pamene mvula yamphamvu imagwa pamalo okongola, anthu amatha kusonkhanitsa madzi ndikupita nawo.
Ngakhale madziwa akuyenda ulendo wautali kuti ateteze kusefukira, Houston akadalibe mphamvu. Kutha kwa madzi chifukwa cha mvula yambiri muzitsime za 2015 ndi 2016 zinapha nyumba zambiri ndipo zinapha anthu ambiri. Komabe, palibe poyerekeza ndi Mphepo yamkuntho Harvey mu 2017, pamene mvula yoposa makumi asanu ndi limodzi inagwa m'kupita kwa masiku, motero zikwi makumi zikwi zikuthawa nyumba chifukwa cha madzi akukula mwamsanga.
06 cha 10
Mizere yoperewera imayenda pansi pa mzinda.
The Long Point-Eureka Highlights chiwerengero chachikulu chimachokera kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa Harris County mpaka kumpoto chakumadzulo, ndipo chimakhala ndi zolakwa zoposa 300, malinga ndi University of Houston.
Ngakhale kuti zolakwazi sizomwe zimayambitsa zivomezi zazikulu, zimatha kuyenda mpaka mu inchi pachaka. Malo osunthira ndi osabisa kuti ife tizimva, koma kusintha kochepa kumakhala ndi zotsatira. Nyumba ndi misewu yowonongeka ndi mzerewu ukhoza kuwonongeka pakapita nthawi komanso madzi osefukira mosavuta chifukwa cha kusintha kwa msinkhu.
07 pa 10
Ndiyo yoyamba kusankha chisankho chodziwika bwino.
Mu 2009, Houston anasankha Annise Parker, pokhala mzinda wawukulu kwambiri ku US kuti asankhe munthu wachinyamata poyera ngati a meya. Panthawiyo, Parker wakhala akudziwika kwa anthu ambiri kwa zaka zambiri, akutumikira ku ofesi ya boma komanso ngati wolondera ufulu wa chiwerewere. Anagonjetsa voti yambiri mu 2009, ndiyeno anapitiliza kachiwiri kuti apindule onse awiri ndi nthawi yachitatu.
"Usiku uno ovota a Houston adatsegula zitseko za mbiri yakale," adatero Parker pamsonkhano wake woyamba wovomerezedwa ndi mayor. "Ndikuvomereza izi ndikuzivomereza, ndikudziwa kuti kupambana kumeneku kumatanthauza ambiri a ife omwe tinkaganiza kuti sitingathe kukwaniritsa udindo wapamwamba Ndikudziwa zomwe zikutanthawuza ndikudziwa, chifukwa ndikukumva, koma tsopano, kuyambira nthawi ino, tiyeni tilumikizane ngati mudzi umodzi. Tili ogwirizana pa cholinga chimodzi pakupanga mzindawu kukhala mzinda womwe ungakhale, uyenera kukhala , zikhoza kukhala ndipo zidzakhala. "
08 pa 10
Chuma chake ndi chachikulu kuposa cha Sweden.
GDP ya mzindawo wa mzinda wa Houston inali yoposa $ 500 biliyoni mu 2015, poyerekeza ndi $ 484 biliyoni ya Sweden. Ndipotu, mayiko 21 okha padziko lapansi ali ndi GDP yaikulu kuposa Houston.
Izi zikutheka kuti, chifukwa chochepa, ku makampani amphamvu komanso osiyana a Houston. Mzindawu uli ndi makampani 26 a Fortune 500, ambiri omwe ali mu mafakitale a mafuta ndi gasi. Koma anthu zikwi zambiri amagwiritsidwanso ntchito pa Port of Houston, NASA ndi Texas Medical Center - malo aakulu kwambiri azachipatala padziko lapansi.
09 ya 10
Sam Houston si woyambitsa.
Mzinda wa Houston unakhazikitsidwa mu August 1836 ndi Augustus Chapman Allen ndi John Kirby Allen. Pasanapite nthawi Texas atagonjetsa nkhondo kuti azidzilamulira okha, abale onse a Allen anagula chidutswa cha maekala 6,642 ku Buffalo Bayou. Iwo adaganiza kutcha dzina lawo mzinda watsopano pambuyo pa msilikali wankhondo ndi Pulezidenti woyamba wa Texas, Sam Houston.
Sam Houston anali ndi zochitika zambiri ku Texas 'mbiri yakale - kuphatikizapo kupambana nkhondo yotchuka ya San Jacinto - koma kukhazikitsa Houston sikunali mmodzi wa iwo.
10 pa 10
Ndilo kunyumba yoyamba yachihindu ya Chihindu ya mtundu wake ku North America
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir ku Houston ndiyo yoyamba ya Chihindu ya Chihindu ku United States. Zipangizozo zinatumizidwa kuchoka ku India kupita ku US kuti zibwererenso mosamala ku Stafford, Texas, m'mudzi womwe uli kunja kwa Houston. Zopangidwa ndi zidutswa 33,000 zopangidwa ndi manja a Turkish Limestone ndi Marble wa Italy, mandir anatenga miyezi 16 ndi maola odzipereka okwana 1.3 miliyoni.
Tsopano, ndi chikhomo chauzimu, chikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe cha Ahindu ndi alendo ofanana. Nyumbayo yokha ndi yochititsa chidwi, koma chuma chenichenicho ndi mafano opatulika a mulungu ndi mafano - amapezeka mkati. Monga kachisi weniweniwo, murtis amawongolera mochititsa chidwi komanso akudodometsa kwambiri.
Cholinga cha mandir ndi malo olambiriramo, koma alendo amalandiridwa kukaona kachisi, malinga ngati ali ndi zovala zoyenera ndikutsatira ndondomeko zofotokozedwa ndi kachisi.