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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.

Changshu City, referred to as Yu, is named Changshu, a national historical and cultural city, because of "fertile soil and no flood and drought". Changshu is located in the south of the Yangtze River, known as the "blessed land in the south of the Yangtze River", is one of the birthplaces of Wu culture. Changshu, located in the south of Jiangsu Province, is a county-level city hosted by Suzhou. Changshu City is bordered by the Yangtze River in the northeast, Taicang in the southeast, Kunshan City and Xiangcheng District in Suzhou City in the south, Jiangyin City in the west and Xishan District in Wuxi City, and Zhangjiagang City in the northwest. Changshu under the jurisdiction of 8 towns, 6 streets, a total area of 1264 square kilometers, the territory of low-level, intertwined water network, located in the temperate zone, is a subtropical monsoon marine climate. Changshu culture belongs to Wu-Yue culture, and the people of Changshu belong to the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Changshu is an excellent tourist city in China and an international garden city.
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