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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.

Yingtan, a city (prefecture level) under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province, is an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is located in the transition zone from Wuyi Mountains to Pingyuan of Poyang Lake. The area has a mild subtropical humid monsoon climate; it has two districts and one city, with a total area of 3556.7 square kilometers; and a resident population of 1.1675 million in 2017. The Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway, the Eagle-Xiamen line, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line, the Anhui-Jiangxi line, the Shanghai-Kunming highway, the Ji-Guang highway and the 320 and 206 national highways in Yingtan City are crisscrossed in the urban area. Longhushan is a famous mountain described at the beginning of the classic Outlaws of the Marsh. It is famous for its beautiful Danxia, Taoist saints, ancient Yue songs and wonderful yin and yang at home and abroad. it is a world natural heritage site, world geopark and national 5A tourist scenery.
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