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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.

Chengcheng County, which belongs to Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the eastern part of Guanzhong Basin, Shaanxi Province. It is between 109o 46km east longitude-110o 05km east latitude and 34o 550045 "- 35o 2705km north latitude, with a total area of 1121 square km. Chengcheng County has a long history. It was built from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the county name has been in use for 1540 years. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and the county is divided into "three beams and one original" by four rivers. It is a warm temperate semi-humid monsoon zone with an average annual temperature of 12 ℃, precipitation of 680mm, frost-free period of 204days and a large temperature difference between day and night. As of 2018, Chengcheng County has jurisdiction over 1 street and 9 towns. By the end of 2017, Chengcheng County had a resident population of 393224, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of 8.569 billion yuan.
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