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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.

Qufu, the ancient capital of Lu and the hometown of Confucius, is known as "the Holy City of the East" and "Jerusalem of the East". It is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, 135 kilometers north from Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province. Surabaya in the east, Yanzhou in the west, Zoucheng in the south and Mount Tai in the north. The total area is 895.93 square kilometers. The resident population is 654500 (2016). One of the counties (cities) under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, the administrative division belongs to Jining. In 2018, the city's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 40.719 billion yuan, and the city's general public budget income was 2.539 billion yuan. Qufu is the hometown of Confucius, a great thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in ancient China. Qufu is also located in the Confucius Institute of the World Center for Confucian Research and Exchange. In 1982, Qufu was rated as the first batch of national famous historical and cultural cities.
Airport In Qufu - Jining Qufu Airport
Jining Qufu Airport (Jining Qufu Airport, IATA: JNG, ICAO: ZSJG), located on Airport Road, Zhifang Town, Jiaxiang County, Jining City, Shandong Province, China, 25 kilometers northeast of Jining city center, is a 4C-level military-civilian branch airport   .
On February 26, 1997, the Air Force Jining Airport was approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission to implement military-civilian reconstruction and expansion; in January 2008, the civilian part of the Air Force Jining Airport was named Jining Qufu Airport   ; On December 28, 2008, Jining Qufu Airport officially opened civil aviation business   .
As of February 2021, the terminal area of ​​Jining Qufu Airport is 9,740 square meters, with 2 boarding bridges; the civil aviation station area is 30,000 square meters, with 6 C-class seats; the runway is 2,800 meters long and 50 meters wide , which can meet the needs of annual passenger throughput of 420,000 passengers     .
In 2021, Jining Qufu Airport will complete a total of 1,006,299 passenger throughput, a year-on-year increase of 141.4%, ranking 95th in the country; cargo and mail throughput of 2,662.9 tons, a year-on-year increase of 110.7%, ranking 90th in the country; An increase of 145.2%, ranking 126th in the country   .
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