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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.

Boxing County, which belongs to Binzhou City, Shandong Province, is located in the southeast of Binzhou City, with a total area of 900.7 square kilometers. There are three major river systems in Boxing County, namely, the Yellow River, Xiaoqing River and Zhimai River, which are rich in many kinds of agricultural and sideline products, such as wheat, cotton, soybean, corn, forest, fruit and vegetables. It is the only producing area of a series of crafted products of pu grass and the national export base of grass and willow handicrafts. Willow weaving and straw weaving are selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list and Shandong intangible cultural heritage list respectively. It is also an important grain and cotton production base and pollution-free vegetable production base in Shandong Province. it is named "the hometown of Chinese grass and willow" and "the hometown of high-quality tomatoes in China". As of 2018, Boxing County has jurisdiction over 3 streets and 9 towns. By the end of 2017, the total population of Boxing County was 503283.
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