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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.

Wuwei, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, is named "China Wine City", referred to as "Yongliang", "Liangliang" and "Yong". It is located in the confluence of the Loess Plateau, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Mengxin Plateau. The topography is high in the west and low in the east, and the local topography is complex. It belongs to the temperate continental arid climate, which is characterized by four distinct seasons, cold winter and summer. It has jurisdiction over one district, two counties and one autonomous county, with a total area of 33238 square kilometers and a resident population of 1.8253 million in 2017. Wuwei has a long history. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent general Huo to go on an expedition to Hexi to defeat the Xiongnu and named Wuwei for its "martial arts and military prestige". Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened up the four counties in Hexi, successive dynasties have set up prefectures and mansions here. Wuwei is the key point of the ancient Silk Road, with many places of interest, snowy plateaus and oasis style.
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