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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.

Kang County, which belongs to Longnan City, Gansu Province, is located in the southeast of Gansu Province, southeast of Longnan City, and at the junction of Gansu, Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces. Kang County was known as Connecticut in ancient times, and was later incorporated into Wuzhou (Jizhou) after the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Zhikang County in 1929. Kang County has jurisdiction over 18 towns and 3 townships, with a total area of 2958.46 square kilometers and a total population of 202000 (2015). In the Longnan Mountains on the south side of the West Qinling Mountains in Kangxian County, the elevation is between 560-2483 meters above sea level, which belongs to the transition from subtropical zone to warm temperate zone, with abundant rainfall, humid climate, sufficient light and forest coverage of 66.7%. It is known as "Longshang Jiangnan" and "Longshang Xishuangbanna". The natural resources of Kangxian County include water resources, biological resources, mineral resources and so on, with a total output value of 1.922 billion yuan in 2015. Kangxian County
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