Raleigh, North Carolina
city in and state capital of North Carolina, United States of America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raleigh (pronounced /ˈrɔːli/, RALL-lee[9]) is the capital and the 2nd most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina as well as the county seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees.[10] The area is also nicknamed "The Triangle".
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Coordinates: 35°51′15″N 78°45′43″W | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
Counties | Wake, Durham |
Chartered | December 31, 1794 |
Named for | Sir Walter Raleigh |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
• Body | Raleigh City Council |
• Mayor | Mary-Ann Baldwin (D) |
Area | |
• Total | 149.6 sq mi (387.5 km2) |
• Land | 148.5 sq mi (384.7 km2) |
• Water | 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km2) 0.72% |
Elevation | 331 ft (101 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 467,665 |
• Rank | 41st in the United States 2nd in North Carolina |
• Density | 3,148.3/sq mi (1,215.6/km2) |
• Urban | 1,106,646 (US: 43rd) |
• Urban density | 1,994.6/sq mi (770.1/km2) |
• Metro | 1,413,982 (US: 42nd) |
Demonym | Raleighite |
Time zone | UTC–05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC–04:00 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 276XX
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Area code(s) | 919, 984 |
FIPS code | 37-55000[8] |
GNIS feature ID | 2404590[5] |
Major airport | Raleigh–Durham International Airport |
Website | raleighnc |
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Raleigh is part of the Research Triangle area, together with Durham and Chapel Hill. The "Triangle" nickname began after the 1959 plan and construction of the Research Triangle Park, in Durham and Wake Counties. It is in the middle of the three cities and their universities.
The Research Triangle area makes up the U.S. Census Bureau's Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area (CSA). It had an estimated population of 2,242,324 in 2020.[11]