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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.

Shengzhou, which belongs to Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, is located in the east of Zhejiang Province, near Hangzhou to the north and Ningbo to the east. It belongs to the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone, with a total area of 1789 square kilometers, a total household registration population of 728700 and a floating population of 86000. It has jurisdiction over 10 towns, 1 township and 4 streets. Shengzhou, the county has been built in the Qin and Han dynasties, has been known as "Shengzhou" for more than 2100 years. It was named Shengxian in the Northern Song Dynasty and Shengzhou was established in 1995. It is the hometown of Ren Guang, Ma Yinchu, Yuan Xuefen, Ma Xiaochun and other modern cultural celebrities. It is also the birthplace of Yue opera. Shengzhou City is surrounded by mountains and five rivers, with a basin in the middle. The geomorphology shows the characteristics of "seven mountains, one water and two fields". The climate is pleasant, and the forest coverage rate reaches 67.2%. It is known as "the southeast landscape is the most, and the cross-land scenery is the leading". Shengzhou
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