Durham, North Carolina
county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It has about 280,000 people. Durham has two universities, Duke and NC Central. It is northwest of Raleigh, and northeast of Chapel Hill. It is the county seat of Durham County.
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Baldwin Auditorium in Duke University | |
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Coordinates: 35°58′43″N 78°54′00″W | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
Counties | Durham, Wake, Orange[3] |
Incorporated | April 10, 1869[4] |
Named for | Bartlett S. Durham |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
Area | |
• Total | 116.19 sq mi (300.92 km2) |
• Land | 115.36 sq mi (298.79 km2) |
• Water | 0.82 sq mi (2.13 km2) 0.71% |
Elevation | 404 ft (123 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 283,506 |
• Rank | 71st in the United States 4th in North Carolina |
• Density | 2,457.51/sq mi (948.85/km2) |
• Urban | 396,118 (US: 106th) |
• Urban density | 2,160.4/sq mi (834.1/km2) |
• Metro | 649,903 (US: 92nd) |
• CSA | 2,106,463 (US: 31st) |
Demonym | Durhamite |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 27701, 27702, 27703, 27704, 27705, 27706, 27707, 27708, 27709, 27710, 27711, 27712, 27713, 27715, 27717, 27722 |
Area code(s) | 919, 984 |
FIPS code | 37-19000[8] |
GNIS feature ID | 2403521[6] |
Primary Airport | Raleigh–Durham International Airport |
Website | durhamnc |
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