Houma City (Houma City) generally refers to Houma (a county-level city entrusted by Linfen City, Shanxi Province)

Houma, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, is managed by Linfen City and located in the southwest of Shanxi Province. Its geographical coordinates are 111 ° 23 ′ 5 ″ - 111 ° 41 ′ 1 ″ E and 35 ° 24 ′ 2 ″ - 35 ° 52 ′ 9 ″ N, bordering Quwo County in the east, Xinjiang County in the west, Wenxi County in the south and Xiangfen County in the north.

Houma City belongs to the temperate monsoon climate zone. It is cold in winter and hot in summer, with four distinct seasons. The city has 5 streets and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, with a total administrative area of 220 square kilometers. It is a county-level city with the smallest administrative area in Shanxi Province. In 2019, the urbanization rate was 66.6%. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Houma City is 257854. In 2020, Houma's GDP will be 12084.2 million yuan, an increase of 4.9%.

Houma is a national garden city, a national health city, a national model city for mutual support, a national ecological demonstration zone, a famous green city in China, a model city for environmental protection in Shanxi Province, and a civilized and harmonious city in Shanxi Province.

On December 7, 2016, Houma City was listed as the third batch of national comprehensive pilot areas for new urbanization. In October 2018, it was selected as one of the top 100 counties and cities with investment potential and new urbanization quality in 2018.  In October 2019, it was selected as one of the top 100 counties and cities with investment potential in 2019 and one of the top 100 counties and cities with new urbanization quality in 2019. [8-9] In November 2020, it was selected into the third batch of counties (districts) meeting the standard of water-saving society construction.