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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.

Yongdeng, known as Lingju and Zhuanglang in ancient times, belongs to Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, located in the central part of Gansu Province, longitude 102 °36'to 103 °45 'east, latitude 36 °12' to 37 °07 'north. It is bordered by Gaolan County and Jingtai County of Gansu Province to the east, Minhe County of Qinghai Province to the west, Honggu District and Xigu District of Lanzhou City to the south, and Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County to the north. The longest distance from south to north is 107km, and the widest distance from west to east is 101km, with a total area of 6090 square kilometers. As of 2010, Yongdeng County has jurisdiction over 13 towns and 5 townships. In 2010, the total population at the end of the year was 522000, and the resident population at the end of the year was 419400. In 2018, the county achieved a gross domestic product (GDP) of 10.831 billion yuan. On January 25, 2019, Yongdeng County was selected as 201.
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