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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.

Longchuan, known as "Yuanyuan" in Dai language, means the place where the sun shines. Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, is located in the southwest border of China, connected with Myanmar by mountains and rivers and buildings. The border is 50.899 kilometers long, with a land area of 1931 square kilometers and a total population of 181580 (2010). The county seat Zhangfeng is 779km away from Kunming, the provincial capital. It is the end of China's southwest border. Longchuan County has jurisdiction over eight townships and four towns and one state-owned farm, with a total area of 1913 square kilometers, with an area of 350000 mu of arable land, with a per capita cultivated land of nearly 3 mu. The county has a total population of 180000, including 120000 agricultural people. The main ethnic minorities in the territory are Jingpo, Dai, Achang, Lisu, Deang and Hui, which have the largest population distribution of Jingpo and Achang in China. Longchuan is a typical frontier multi-ethnic farmer.
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