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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.

Longchuan County, under the jurisdiction of Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, the northeast of Heyuan City, the upper reaches of Dongjiang and Hanjiang River, Xunwu County and Dingnan County of Jiangxi Province to the north, Wuhua County and Xingning City of Meizhou City to the east, Dongyuan County to the south and Heping County to the west. Laolong Town is the county seat. The county is a subtropical monsoon climate, mild climate, Rain Water abundant, sunny. At the end of 2018, the county has a total area of 3081.31 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 24 towns, 315 villages and 42 neighborhood committees, with a total population of 986600, a permanent population of 713200 and 341000 overseas Chinese. Longchuan County has a long history and there were human activities as early as the Neolithic Age. Longchuan County was founded in 214BC (33 year of Qin Shihuang), which is one of the most ancient counties in China. Old Zhilong
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