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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.

Dongyang City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, is hosted by Jinhua City and is located in the middle of Zhejiang Province; Huaiji Mountain, Dapanshan and Xianxialing extend into the country, forming a landform of three mountains with two basins and two rivers, with high terrain in the east and low in the west, belonging to the subtropical monsoon climate zone; it has 6 streets, 11 towns and 1 township, with a total area of 1746.81 square kilometers and a total population of 847800 in 2018. Dongyang is located in the middle of Zhejiang Province, with Yongjin Expressway and Zhuyong Expressway crossing in the middle of Zhejiang Province, which is the transportation hub of central Zhejiang. Since ancient times, Dongyang has had the tradition of "starting learning and emphasizing teaching, ploughing and studying hard". Zhu Xi, Lu Zuqian and Lu you once lectured and preached at the "Stone Cave Academy" in Dongyang. Dongyang ancient residential buildings are mainly wood carvings in Dongyang, which integrates decorative arts such as bamboo weaving, stone carving, brick carving and heap carving, forming a unique Confucian school.
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