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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.

Pingxiang, a city under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province (prefectural level), an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, is located in the west of Jiangxi Province, bordering Yichun City in the east, Ji'an City in the south, Zhuzhou City in Hunan Province in the west and Liuyang City in Hunan Province in the north. The landform is more complex and belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons; it has jurisdiction over 3 counties and 2 districts with a total area of 3823.99 square kilometers and has a resident population of 1.9332 million at the end of 2018. In 2018, Pingxiang achieved a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 100.905 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7% over the previous year. Pingxiang is the "west gate" of Jiangxi, which is in the central position in the economic development pattern of western Jiangxi. It is known as "the thoroughfare of Hunan and Jiangxi" and "the throat of Wu and Chu". Pingxiang is located in the radiation core area of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan economic circle and accepts the Pan-Pearl River Delta.
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