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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.

Huainan, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province, referred to as "Huai" and the ancient name "Zhoulai", is located in the central and northern part of Anhui Province, in the hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta and on the bank of the Huaihe River. it is known as "Zhongzhou throat, Jiangnan barrier" and "colorful Huainan". It is an important node of the urban agglomeration along the Huaihe River and the core city of Hefei metropolitan area. Huainan has a total area of 5571 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 5 districts and 2 counties. By the end of 2016, the total population was 3.456 million. Huainan is the energy capital of China, the industrial granary of East China, the important industrial city of Anhui Province and one of the 13 larger cities of the State Council. It has obtained China's excellent tourist cities, 100 livable cities, national greening model cities, national garden cities, the first batch of national pilot smart cities, the best investment cities in China, the happiest cities in China, and Chinese idioms.
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