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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.

Xingwen County, which belongs to Yibin City, Sichuan Province, is located in the southeast of Yibin City, adjacent to Xuyong County in the southeast, Weixin County in Yunnan Province in the south, Gong County in the west, Changning in the northwest, and Naxi District in Jiang'an and Luzhou City in the north, with a total area of 1379.89 square kilometers. Xingwen County has a long history and is the place where the ancient Han people thrived and finally died out. The county with the largest population of Miao people in Sichuan Province is the main birthplace of the early revolution in southern Sichuan and the route of the Red Army northward to resist Japan. Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou border region of the Red Army guerrilla column of the main origin and transfer places, rich national culture, red culture, local culture and customs, has left Yang Shengan inscription and Zhu de poems. It has national key scenic spots, World Geopark and National AAAA tourist scenic spot-- "Xingwen Shihai". Its core scenic spot is very large in the world.
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