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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.

Gar County, located in the westernmost part of Tibet, along the Sengezangbu and Garzangbu basins, is one of the 18 border counties in Tibet. The area is 17197 square kilometers. The cultivated area is 8900 mu. The total population is 42000. It has jurisdiction over 4 townships, 1 town and 11 administrative villages. Gar County is surrounded by mountains, the middle is low and flat, the average elevation is about 4350 meters, and the highest elevation is 6554 meters. There are 12 large and small lakes in the county, of which the larger ones are Langjiu Lake and Xinga Lake. There are three main highways in Gar County, namely, Yeshi Highway, Ari Highway and Hei Highway. The mileage of highways in the country is 498 kilometers. With Shiquanhe Town as the center, Kunsha Airport is officially opened to traffic, and the natural cutting becomes open to traffic. In October 2018, the people's Government of Tibet Autonomous region formally approved that Gar County withdrew from poverty-stricken counties (districts).
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