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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.

Zigong, a prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, is located in the south of Sichuan Basin; Longchang City and Lu County to the east, Luzhou City and Yibin City to the south, Jianwei County and Jingyan County to the west, Renshou County, Weiyuan County and Neijiang City to the north; geotectonic system Yangzihuai Sichuan Taiao, Chuanzhong Taigong and Zigong sag; it belongs to subtropical humid monsoon climate; in 2017, the city covers an area of 4381 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 4 districts and 2 counties. The registered population is 3.2394 million. Zigong "set up a city due to salt", and the words "Zi and Gong" are derived from the names of "Ziliujing" and "Gongjing". At the same time, Zigong is also an important producing area of dinosaur fossils in China, known as the "hometown of dinosaurs". It is famous at home and abroad for the Zigong Dinosaur Museum, which is one of the three dinosaur museums in the world. Zigong gourmet salt is
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