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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.

Guzhang County, which belongs to Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, is located in the west of Hunan Province and the middle of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture. Guyang Town is the seat of the county, which reaches Baojing in the west, Yuanling in the east, Jishou and Luxi in the south, and Yongshun in the north. With a total area of 1286 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over seven townships and five towns, with a total population of 144100 (2016), of which ethnic minorities account for 76.9 per cent. Guzhang County has an excellent ecological environment, and the green rate of trees is as high as 80.46%. It is known as "the hometown of forestry, famous tea, weightlifting, singing and dancing". Guzhang County is the hometown of singers Song Zuying and he Jiguang, with unique characteristics such as Tujia Maogus, waving dance, Miao encouragement and so on. There are World Geological sites-Guzhang Golden Nail, National Geopark-Red Stone Forest, National Nature Reserve-
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