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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.

Shawan District, which belongs to Leshan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the lower reaches of the Dadu River, the transitional zone between Daxiaoliangshan and Sichuan Basin, between latitude 29 °11 "18" ~ 29 °31 "30" north, longitude 103 °25 °13 "~ 103 °44 °10" east, central district of Leshan City in the north, Muchuan County and Ebian Yi Autonomous County in the south, Wutongqiao District and Jianwei County in the east, and Emeishan City in the west. It covers an area of 610.89 square kilometers and has a registered population of 182300. Under the jurisdiction of 8 towns, 5 townships, 1 street, 127 villages and 21 communities, the district government is located at 95 Desheng Avenue, Shawan Town. Shawan District was called "Nanling" in ancient times, because the Southern Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda commented that "Nanling" is located in "Lingshan Xiushui, Shaan Bay Ring". In the first year of Tianbao (AD 742), Tongshan Town was set up in Tongjiezi.
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