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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.

Liaoyang County, which belongs to Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, is one of the open counties in Liaodong Peninsula. It is located in the middle of Liaodong Peninsula, with a total area of 2511 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 15 townships (12 towns, 1 township and 2 nationality townships) and 199 villages with a population of 500000. Liaoyang County has a temperate continental monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 7.1-9.5 ℃ and an average annual precipitation of 730.6 mm. It belongs to national commercial grain base county and provincial commercial fish base county. Mineral deposits include oil, copper, iron, lead, placer gold, silica, rare earth and so on. Changchun-Dalian (Lian) railway and Shen-Da highway transit. In 2010, the GDP of Liaoyang County reached 20.52 billion yuan. The main scenic spots are Huhuogou Natural Scenic spot, Bahui Tongming Mountain Scenic spot and Xiaotun Wild Cat Cave Scenic spot.
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