Raleigh–Durham area

E10081

metropolitan area

The Raleigh–Durham area is a major metropolitan region in North Carolina centered around the cities of Raleigh and Durham and closely associated with the Research Triangle.

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Observed surface forms (22)

Surface form	Occurrences
Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area	8
Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area	7
Raleigh–Cary metropolitan area	6
Raleigh metropolitan area	5
Durham, North Carolina metropolitan area	4
Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area	2
Raleigh–Durham metropolitan area	2
Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area	2
Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill area	2
Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill combined statistical area	2
Central North Carolina	1
Durham metropolitan area	1
Durham–Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area	1
Durham–Chapel Hill, NC MSA	1
Raleigh urban area	1
Raleigh–Cary metropolitan statistical area	1
Raleigh–Durham	1
Raleigh–Durham, North Carolina	1
Raleigh–Durham–Cary CSA	1
Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill CSA	1
Research Triangle commuting area	1
Research Triangle–Piedmont Triad corridor	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metropolitan area ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains	Apex ⓘ Cary ⓘ Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Chapel Hill Durham County, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Durham County Garner ⓘ Holly Springs ⓘ Morrisville ⓘ Orange County ⓘ Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Research Triangle Park Wake County, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Wake County
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
economicCharacteristic	high concentration of research jobs ⓘ high concentration of technology companies ⓘ
economicRegionType	Research Triangle ⓘ
hasAirport	Raleigh–Durham International Airport ⓘ
hasCoreCity	Durham, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Durham Raleigh ⓘ
hasCountySeat	Durham, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Durham Raleigh ⓘ
hasGovernmentCenter	Raleigh ⓘ
hasHigherEducationCluster	Research Triangle ⓘ surface form: Research Triangle universities
hasIndustry	biotechnology ⓘ higher education services ⓘ information technology ⓘ pharmaceuticals ⓘ
hasMajorInstitution	Duke University ⓘ North Carolina State University ⓘ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Carolina Hurricanes ⓘ Durham Bulls ⓘ
hasTransportationInfrastructure	Interstate 40 ⓘ Interstate 85 ⓘ U.S. Route 1 ⓘ U.S. Route 70 ⓘ
knownFor	higher education ⓘ research and development ⓘ technology industry ⓘ
locatedIn	North Carolina ⓘ
nickname	The Triangle ⓘ
partOf	Research Triangle ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	fast-growing metropolitan population ⓘ
region	Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
servedBy	Raleigh–Durham International Airport ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Interstate 540 → serves → Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raleigh metropolitan area

Little River → serves → Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ

subject surface form: Little River (Durham County, North Carolina)

this entity surface form: Durham, North Carolina metropolitan area

Raleigh–Durham International Airport → servesMetropolitanArea → Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raleigh metropolitan area

Raleigh–Durham International Airport → servesMetropolitanArea → Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area

U.S. Route 1 → servesMetropolitanArea → Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ

Google Fiber → serviceArea → Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raleigh–Durham, North Carolina