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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.

Wangqing County belongs to Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province. Its geographical location is between 129 °51 Mel 130 °56'E and 43 °06 Mel 44 °03'N. It is bordered by Hunchun City in the east, Dunhua City in the west, Tumen City and Yanji City in the south, and Ning'an, Muling and Dongning counties in Heilongjiang Province in the north. The north-south length is 108 kilometers, and the east-west horizontal distance is 152 kilometers. Wangqing County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 1 township. Wangqing County is 40 kilometers from the Russian border and 18 kilometers from the North Korean border. Wang Qing is located in the foothills of Changbai Mountain, which belongs to the mountain area, with an average elevation of 806 meters. It belongs to the continental mid-temperate windy climate, with long winter and short summer, four distinct seasons and great vertical variation. The annual average temperature is 3.9mm, the annual average rainfall is 580mm, the frost-free period is 110141days, and the annual sunshine.
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