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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.

Wenxian, which belongs to Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, is located in the west of the North Henan Plain, along the Yellow River in the south and Taihang in the north, between longitude 112 °51 °39 "- 113 °13 °20" east and latitude 34 °52 °32 °48 "north. As of 2017, the county has a total area of 481.3 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 7 townships, 4 streets and 262 administrative villages with a total population of 468000. Wenxian got its name because of the hot springs in ancient times. it was called Wenguo in summer and was under the jurisdiction of Huaiqing in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Wen County gave birth to historical celebrities such as Bu Shang, a famous thinker in the Spring and Autumn period, Sima Yi, a famous statesman and military strategist in the three Kingdoms, and Guo Xi, a famous painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is the birthplace of Taijiquan and surnames such as Wen and Su. It is the nationally famous "hometown of martial arts" and "hometown of Huaiyao".
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