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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.

Guzhen County, which belongs to Bengbu City, Anhui Province, is located in the northeast of Anhui Province, on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Huaihe River, adjacent to the outskirts of Bengbu to the south, Tuohe River to the north and Lingbi County to the north, Wuhe County to the east, Huaiyuan County to the southwest, and Changqiao District of Suzhou to the northwest; the topography is a sloping plain, located in the transition zone between subtropical and warm temperate zones; the total land area is 1363 square kilometers. Guzhen County has a long history. Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, set up Guyang County here, and the relics still exist; during the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Guyang Town was changed to Guyang Town, which later evolved into a solid town; in the first 202 years, the famous "Battle of Guxia" took place in Guzhen, which opened the foundation of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, leaving touching stories such as "besieged on all sides" and "Farewell my Concubine". "Guxia site" was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit; archaeologists discovered 4.
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