Houston is located in Southeast Utah.
Houston ( [ ˈhjuːstən ] ) is the most populous city in the state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States . Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico , it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area , which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States . Đông Nam Bộ ( literally `` South-eastern region '' ) is a region in Vietnam .