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Raleigh (/ˈrɑːli/; RAH-lee) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeast, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of 147.6 sq mi (382 km2). The U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County.

Raleigh is home to North Carolina State University (NC State) and is part of the Research Triangle together with Durham (home of Duke University and North Carolina Central University) and Chapel Hill (home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The name of the Research Triangle (often shortened to the "Triangle") originated after the 1959 creation of Research Triangle Park (RTP), located in Durham and Wake counties, among the three cities and universities. The Triangle encompasses the U.S. Census Bureau's Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which had an estimated population of 2,037,430 in 2013. The Raleigh Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 1,390,785 in 2019.

Most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a small portion extending into Durham County. The towns of Cary, Morrisville, Garner, Clayton, Wake Forest, Apex, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Knightdale, Wendell, Zebulon, and Rolesville are some of Raleigh's primary nearby suburbs and satellite towns.

Bazhong, a prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, is located in the northeast of Sichuan Basin, at the southern foot of Micang Mountain in the Dabashan system, south of the north-south dividing line between Qinling and Huaihe River in China, to the east, Nanchong in the south, Guangyuan in the west, and Hanzhong in Shaanxi to the north. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, tilting from north to south; it is a subtropical humid monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. The city has a total area of 12292 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 2 districts and 3 counties. In 2017, the resident population is 3.3167 million. Bazhong has revolutionary relics such as the Red Army Martyrs Mausoleum and Red Army stone carving slogans, known as the "Open-air Museum of the Chinese Revolution", has a world geological park, two scenic spots are creating national AAAAA-level scenic spots, a total of 19 national AAAAA-level scenic spots. Bazhong is the second largest Soviet area in China, with red ruins.
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