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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.

Kangding City has a long and splendid history and culture, is the Sichuan-Tibet throat, the important town of the Tea-Horse Road, and the Tibetan-Chinese intersection center. Since ancient times, it has been the political, economic, cultural, commercial, information center and transportation hub of Kangba Tibetan area. Covering an area of 11600 square kilometers, the city is dominated by Tibetans and inhabited by Han, Hui, Yi, Qiang and other ethnic groups. Comrade Zhu Rongji, former Premier of the State Council, came here with affectionate admiration, calling it "overseas Xianshan, Penglai Holy Land". Kangding is a Chinese name, because the east of Danda Mountain is "Kang", which means Kangdi stability, hence the name. In Tibetan, Kang is defined as "more discounted", meaning the confluence of Daqu (Yala River) and Zuoduo River (folding River). The old history was translated as "frying furnace", and later translated as "arrow furnace", referred to as "furnace city". September 25, 2018, obtained the Ministry of Commerce. "
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