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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.

Shangnan-the cover of the Great Qinling Mountains, also known as "Lucheng", has a long history, picturesque, exquisite and handsome, beautiful ecology, rich heritage, is a natural oxygen bar in China, the southeast gate of Shaanxi, the only 5A scenic spot in southern Shaanxi-Jinsi Grand Canyon is located here. Shangnan, the famous hometown of Chinese tea and famous tea in China, the best cultural and eco-tourism county in China, the natural oxygen bar in China, the hometown of Chinese folk culture and art, the most beautiful county in China, and the famous eco-tourism county in the western region, it is known as the "Pearl of Southern Shaanxi" and "Qinling cover". Its national geographical indication product "Shangnan Tea" and rich cultural and ecological tourism have made it increasingly prosperous, and its county seat is known as "the most beautiful county seat in the Qinling Mountains". Shangnan, located at the southern foot of the eastern part of Qinling Mountains and on the north slope of Dabashan Mountain, belongs to the Han Dynasty in the Yangtze River Basin.
Travel Notes In Shangnan County