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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.

Ya'an, a prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, is located at the western edge of Sichuan Basin and the eastern foot of Qionglai Mountain, with Chengdu, Ganzi to the east, Liangshan to the south and Aba to the north, 120km away from Chengdu; it belongs to the mountainous area on the western edge of Sichuan Basin, spanning the Sichuan Basin and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; the climate type is subtropical monsoon humid climate; the total area of the city is 15046 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 2 districts and 6 counties; the total population in 2017 is 1.5378 million. Ya'an is located at the intersection of Sichuan-Tibet and Sichuan-Yunnan Highway, 120 kilometers away from Chengdu. It is the transition zone between Sichuan Basin and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the transition zone between Han culture and national culture, and the transition zone between modern central city and primitive natural ecological area. it was the gateway and necessary road of the ancient southern Silk Road and was once the capital of Xikang Province. It is the history and culture of Sichuan Province.
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