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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.

Wuping County is located in the southwest of Longyan City, Fujian Province, at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, the southernmost end of Wuyi Mountains, the westernmost end of Longyan City, Shanghang County in Fujian Province in the east, Xunwu County and Huichang County in Jiangxi Province in the west, Jiaoling County and Pingyuan County in Guangdong Province in the south, and Changting County in Fujian Province in the north. it is an important transportation hub and material transfer and distribution center in western Fujian, eastern Guangdong and southern Jiangxi, known as the "Golden Triangle" in western Fujian. Wuping County is a low mountain and hilly area with an average elevation of 274m, with a slope from northwest to southeast, ravines vertically and horizontally, continuous mountains, the top of Liangshan, the highest peak, 1538 meters above sea level, high mountains in the northwest, wide flatlands in the southeast, mild climate, abundant rainfall, four distinct seasons, long summer and short winter, no severe cold in winter, no hot summer, and distinct dry and wet seasons. The annual average temperature is 17,519.6 degrees, with an annual drop.
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