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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.

Haining, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, hosted by Jiaxing City, is located in the south wing of China's Yangtze River Delta, northern Zhejiang Province, Haiyan County in the east, Qiantang River in the south, across the river from Shangyu District in Shaoxing and Xiaoshan District in Hangzhou. Xiasha, Yuhang District and Jianggan District of Hangzhou, Tongxiang City and Xiuzhou District of Jiaxing in the north. It is 100 kilometers from Shanghai to the east, Hangzhou to the west and Qiantang River to the south. In 1986, the county was removed and the city was established. The name Haining was first seen in the second year of Yongding, Emperor Chen Wudi of the Southern Dynasty (558), implying the meaning of "serenity of the sea flood". Its scenic spot "Qianjiang surge" has been popular since the Tang and Song dynasties and is well-known at home and abroad. "on August 18, there is nothing spectacular in the world". It still attracts guests from all directions and sees the wonder of the tide. Haining City has a long history, a large number of celebrities from all walks of life, is Li Shanlan, Wang Guowei,.
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