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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.

Qingyuan District was established by Qingyuan County in 2015. Located in the middle of Hebei Province, the triangular hinterland of Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang, belonging to Baoding City, Hebei Province. It faces Xushui District in the north, Wangdu County and Boye County in the south, Mancheng District in the west and Anxin County, Gaoyang County and Li County in the east. Qingyuan District Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, National Highway 107 and Baoheng Highway, Baoxin Highway, Baocang Highway and other provincial highways run through the whole territory. Since ancient times, it has been known as "three passes in the north and nine provinces in Nantong". In 2013, it had jurisdiction over 18 townships with a total area of 867 square kilometers and a population of 650500.
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