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About Raleigh, North Carolina
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Downtown Raleigh skyline
North Carolina State Capitol
NCSU Belltower
PNC Arena
Fayetteville Street
The Warehouse District
Raleigh Convention Center
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City of Oaks, Raleigh Wood, Oak City
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 Raleigh
Location in North Carolina, United States & North America
Raleigh
Raleigh (the United States)
Raleigh
Raleigh (North America)
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35ยฐ51โฒ15โณN 78ยฐ45โฒ43โณW๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ35.85417ยฐN 78.76194ยฐW |
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| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Counties | Wake, Durham |
| Chartered | December 31, 1794 |
| Named for | Sir Walter Raleigh |
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| ย โขย Type | CouncilโManager |
| ย โขย Body | Raleigh City Council |
| ย โขย Mayor | Mary-Ann Baldwin (D) |
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| ย โขย State capital | 149.6ย sqย mi (387.50ย km) |
| ย โขย Land | 147.12ย sqย mi (381ย km) |
| ย โขย Water | 1.07ย sqย mi (2.77ย km2) |
| Elevation | 331ย ft (101ย m) |
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| ย โขย State capital | 467,665 |
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476,587 |
| ย โขย Rank | 41st in the United States 2nd in North Carolina |
| ย โขย Density | 3,148.33/sqย mi (1,215.57/km2) |
| ย โขย Urban | 1,106,646 (US: 43rd) |
| ย โขย Urbanย density | 1,994.6/sqย mi (770.1/km) |
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1,413,982 (US: 42nd) |
| Demonym | Raleighite |
| Time zone | UTCโ 05:00 (EST) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTCโ 04:00 (EDT) |
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276XX
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| Area code(s) | 919, 984 |
| FIPS code | 37-55000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404590 |
| Website | raleighnc |
Raleigh (; RAH-lee) is the capital city of the give leave to enter of North Carolina and the chair 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 heritage the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land Place of 147.6ย sqย mi (382ย km). The U.S. Census Bureau counted the city’s population as 467,665 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 normal the now-lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County.
Raleigh is house to North Carolina State University (NC State or NCSU) and is share of the Research Triangle together later 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 introduction of Research Triangle Park (RTP), located in Durham and Wake counties, among the three cities and universities. The Triangle encompasses the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 2,106,463 in 2020. The Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 1,413,982 in 2020.
Most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a little portion extending into Durham County. The towns of Apex, Cary, Clayton, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell, and Zebulon are some of Raleigh’s primary approachable suburbs and satellite towns.