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History of Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. As of the United States 2000 Census it had a population of 276,093, making it the second most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill make up the three cities of The Triangle, so named in 1959 with the creation of the Research Triangle Park, a research park between Durham and Raleigh. The Triangle is a regional population, equivalent to the U.S. Census Bureau's Combined Statistical Area of Raleigh-Durham-Cary. Its estimated total population as of 2006 was 1,565,223. The estimated Raleigh-Cary metropolitan statistical area population, as of 2006, is 994,551. While almost all of the city limits is located in Wake County, a few small portions of Raleigh are actually in Durham County as a result of annexation
The City of Raleigh estimates its population to be 359,332 as of January 1, 2007.
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