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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.

Duyun is referred to as "uniform" for short. The political, economic and cultural center of southern Guizhou Province, an important transportation hub in southwest China, one of the five major city centers of the Central Guizhou Economic Zone, and the prefecture-level administrative capital of Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. The total area is 2274 square kilometers, with a total population of 490000 (2015). There are 33 ethnic minorities, including Buyi, Miao, Shui and Yao, with Buyi ethnic minorities accounting for 67.08% of the total population. The city has jurisdiction over 1 provincial economic development zone, 5 offices, 4 towns and 1 township (including 1 Shui Autonomous Township). The total area of the urban built-up area is 68 square kilometers (2016), with an urban population of 350000 (including floating population). Duyun City is located on the bank of the Jianjiang River, where the nine streams return to one. Many rivers converge into the source of the Yuanjiang River and pass through the city. Bea
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