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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.

Yongning County, which belongs to Yinchuan City, is located in the middle of the Yellow River diversion Irrigation area of Yinchuan Plain in Ningxia, facing the Yellow River to the east and Helan Mountain to the west. It is a suburban county of Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, and is located to the south of Yinchuan City. It has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 1 township, 1 street and 2 state-owned farms, with a total area of 934 square kilometers and a total population of 230957 (2013). The government is stationed in Yang Wo Street. The Najia Mosque, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, Li Jun Pagoda and other monuments are key cultural relics protection units in Ningxia Hui Autonomous region. In 2012, Yongning County completed a regional GDP of 7.645 billion yuan and local revenue of 1.362 billion yuan. In October 2017, Yongning County was named the National Garden County by the Ministry of Housing and Construction. In November 2017, Yongning County was awarded the "Top Ten quality Leisure Counties of 2017 in China".
Travel Notes In Yongning County