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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.

Liquan County, which belongs to Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the middle of Guanzhong Plain, Jingyang in the east, Qianxian County in the west, Xinping and Xianyang in the south, Chunhua and Yongshou in the north. Between longitude 108o 17040 "- 108o 41m 46" east and latitude 34o 20050 "- 34o 500002" north, with a total area of 1018 square kilometres. Liquan County has been established for more than 2200 years, with 21 ancient cultural sites and 5 ancient buildings, which is one of the 18 key cultural relics tourism counties in Shaanxi Province. Tang Taizong Li Shimin Zhao Mausoleum covers an area of 300000 mu and is buried with 209. it is the largest royal mausoleum in the world. Zhaoling Museum has a collection of more than 8000 cultural relics. Zhaoling Liujun is famous at home and abroad. In 2018, Liquan County has jurisdiction over 1 street, 11 towns and permanent residents.
Travel Notes In Liquan County