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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.

Haiyuan County, which belongs to Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, is located in the central and southern part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region. It is located in the arid zone of central Ningxia, between 105 °09 east longitude 106 °10 'and 36 °06 north latitude 37 °04'. It is connected with Yuanzhou District of Guyuan City in the east, Xiji County in the south, Jingyuan County and Huining County in Gansu Province in the west, Shapotou District and Tongxin County in Zhongwei City to the north. It is 95 kilometers from north to south and 80 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 6899 square kilometers. The total population is 456600 (household registration in 2016), and the government is stationed in Haicheng town. Haiyuan County is a large agricultural population county integrating arid mountainous areas, old revolutionary base areas and Hui inhabited areas, and it is also a key county in the national poverty alleviation work. In 2016, Haiyuan County achieved a GDP of 4.893 billion yuan. 2008
Travel Notes In Haiyuan County
The Long March of Three Generations——Take the Long March Again
The Long March of Three Generations From July 27th to August 25th, 2020, my daughter, old father, and nephew and I set off from Shenzhen. It took 30