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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.

Langao County, which belongs to Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, is located in southern Shaanxi, at the northern foot of Dabashan Mountain, bordering Chengkou County of Chongqing City in the south, Hanbin District of Ankang City in the north, Ziyang County in the west and Pingli County in the east, with a maximum elevation of 2641 meters and a minimum elevation of 331m. It covers an area of 1956 square kilometers, with a total population of 168200 (2017). Langao Nangong rice field was selected as "China's beautiful countryside, 2012 China's best leisure town, one of the most beautiful cities in China." Langao County was founded in the Qing Dynasty, there are Nangongshan, Lanhe rafting and other scenic spots, known as the hometown of Chinese konjac. In 2013, the GDP of Langao County reached 3.1 billion yuan, an increase of 14% over 2012. On February 2, 2019, by the State Administration of traditional Chinese Medicine
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