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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.

Midu County is located in the west of Yunnan Plateau and the southeast of Dali Prefecture, bordering Xiangyun and Nanhua counties in the east, Jingdong and Nanjian counties in the south, Weishan County in the west and Dali City in the north. It is 320 kilometers east from the provincial capital Kunming, 61 kilometers north from Xiaguan, and 144 kilometers south from Manwan Power Station. It is one of the birthplaces of the Red River and the hinterbelt of the economic belt in the middle reaches of the Lancang River. in ancient times, it is known as "Liuzhao throat". It is a well-known hometown of lanterns and folk songs. The famous songs "Midu Folk Song", "embroidered purse" and "Ten Sisters" are known as the oriental serenade folk song "River dripping" from Midu. In 2010, Midu folk songs in Midu County, Yunnan Province, were selected into the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, traditional music project category, serial number 6.
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