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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.

Shidian County, Xiazhong County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, is located in the western border of Yunnan Province, the east bank of Nujiang River, the south of Baoshan City, between 98 °54 miles east longitude and 25 °00 degrees north latitude, between Kuke River and Changning County in the east, Mengpolo as the boundary and Lincang City in the south, across the Nujiang River and Longling County in the west, and Longyang District in the north. The county seat is 60 kilometers away from Baoshan Municipal Government and 654 kilometers away from Kunming, the provincial capital. By the end of 2015, Shidian County has a total population of 344418, with a total area of 2009 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 8 townships, with the county government stationed in Dianyang Town. Shidian County belongs to the low-latitude mountain monsoon climate dominated by the middle subtropics, with an annual average temperature of 17.6 ℃. The topography of the territory belongs to the mountain canyon area on the tail wing of Nushan Mountain, which is generally high in the north and low in the south.
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