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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.

Yibin, a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, is known as "the first city of the Yangtze River, the wine capital of China, and the bamboo capital of China". Located in the junction of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, at the confluence of Jinsha River, Minjiang River and Yangtze River; the terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, which belongs to the humid climate of the mid-subtropical monsoon, and the forest coverage of the city is more than 46%. The content of negative oxygen ions in the air is as high as 47000 / cubic centimeter (Qidonggou), which is extremely suitable for human habitation. Changning County in the area has become a famous Changshou County. It covers an area of 13283 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 districts and 7 counties. At the end of 2018, the registered population is 5.523 million. Yibin has a profound cultural heritage, with a history of 2200 years of city building, 4000 years of wine-making history and 3000 years of tea-growing history. It is a famous national historical and cultural city. There have been a large number of celebrities in past dynasties, who have raised Li Shuoxun.
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