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The Woodlands (The Woodlands Township) is a large master-planned community of Montgomery and Harris counties in Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 55,649 at the 2000 census. Much of the development is located in the city of Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), but small portions of The Woodlands extends into the ETJ of Shenandoah and Conroe. The Woodlands is located about 25 miles north of downtown Houston along Interstate 45. Though it is mostly a suburban development and a bedroom community, it also has attracted corporations to the area. As a result, the area features several corporate campuses, most notably Chevron Phillips, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Baker Hughes, CB&I, and Hewitt Associates . The development won a Special Award for Excellence in 1994 from the Urban Land Institute. In addition to residential and corporate housing, The Woodlands features a shopping mall, seven golf courses,a regional concert venue, and a Resort. Over the past decade, The Woodlands has seen tremendous growth in terms of commercial/office space in Town Center. Many high-rise office and residential buildings have recently been built. Also announced is the new satellite location for the Houston Museum of Natural Science that will be housed in a 200,000+, 5-story building; complete with an observation tower that overlooks The Woodlands. http://www.woodlandsonline.com/