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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.

Jingyuan County, which belongs to Baiyin City, Gansu Province, is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the central and eastern part of Gansu Province, the hinterland of Baiyin City, bordering Haiyuan County of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region in the east and Huining County of Gansu Province in the south. The southwest, northwest and northeast are respectively connected with the Shapotou District of Yuzhong County, Jingtai County and Zhongwei City of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, the west is bordered by Baiyin District of Baiyin City, and the Pingchuan District of Baiyin City is divided into two. Form two opposite parts of the north and the south. It is 120km from east to west and 135km from north to south, with a total area of 5809.4 square kilometers. Jingyuan County is a famous historical and cultural city in the west and a major cultural county in Gansu Province, which brings together multi-cultures such as Yellow River culture, Silk Road culture, farming culture, folk culture and red culture, forming a unique local culture. Cultural relics at all levels are protected in the territory.
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