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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.

Shuicheng County is located in the west of Guizhou Province, bordering Yunnan Province, belonging to Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, located in the watershed of Wujiang and Beipanjiang River, Liuzhi Special Zone and Nayong County in the east, Weining County and Xuanwei County in the west, Panzhou City and Puan County in the south, and Hezhang County in the north. It is known as the "Pearl of the Plateau" in Guizhou and the "Southwest Coal Sea" in the motherland. The county is 69 kilometers wide from east to west, 97 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 3605 square kilometers and a total population of 860000 (2013). County people's Government is stationed in Shuangshui Street. In 2012, the GDP of Shuicheng County reached 10.951 billion yuan, an increase of 18.8% compared with 2011; the investment in fixed assets of the whole society reached 24.41 billion yuan; and the total financial revenue and public budget revenue reached 2.331 billion respectively.
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