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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.

Yongding District (ancient Yongding County, Tingzhou Capital) is located in the southwest of Fujian Province, connecting Nanjing County to the east, Pinghe County to the southeast, Dapu County and Meixian County in Guangdong Province to the southwest, Shanghang County to the northwest and Xinluo District to the northeast, with a total area of 2223 square kilometers. Human beings have lived together and thrived since the Neolithic Age. Ming Chenghua 14 years (1478), analysis of Shanghang County, home Yongding County. In 2014, Yongding County was abolished and Yongding District of Longyan City was established. Yongding is the "southern mining area" and "the hometown of flue-cured tobacco", and its geothermal resources rank first in Longyan City. The streams in the territory belong to the three major river systems of Ting River, Jiulong River and Meijiang River. Ting River, Yongding River, Jinfeng River, Huangtan River, Fuxi, Qiling River and other basins cover an area of more than 100 square kilometers. Mianhuatan Hydropower Station is the second largest hydropower station in Fujian Province.
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