Raleigh

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city state capital

Raleigh is the capital city of North Carolina and a major hub for education, technology, and research within the state’s Research Triangle region.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Raleigh, North Carolina 51
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States 5
Downtown Raleigh 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
state capital ⓘ
airportCode Raleigh–Durham International Airport ⓘ
surface form: RDU
areaCode 919 ⓘ
984 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Wake County, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Wake County
daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
founded 1792 ⓘ
governmentType council–manager ⓘ
hasMuseum North Carolina Museum of Art ⓘ
North Carolina Museum of History ⓘ
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences ⓘ
hasPark Pullen Park ⓘ
William B. Umstead State Park ⓘ
hasSisterCity Compiegne ⓘ
Hull ⓘ
surface form: Kingston upon Hull

Rostock ⓘ
higherEducationInstitution Meredith College ⓘ
North Carolina State University ⓘ
Saint Augustine’s University ⓘ
Shaw University ⓘ
William Peace University ⓘ
incorporated 1792 ⓘ
isCapitalOf North Carolina ⓘ
isPartOfCombinedStatisticalArea Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ
surface form: Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill CSA
isPartOfMetropolitanArea Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ
surface form: Raleigh–Cary metropolitan area
knownFor education ⓘ
research ⓘ
technology ⓘ
legislativeBody Raleigh City Council ⓘ
locatedIn Research Triangle ⓘ
majorAirport Raleigh–Durham International Airport ⓘ
majorIndustry biotechnology ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
namedAfter Walter Raleigh ⓘ
nickname City of Oaks ⓘ
partOf Research Triangle ⓘ
surface form: Research Triangle region

Wake County, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Wake County
populationEstimate2020 approximately 470000 ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 276 ⓘ
region Piedmont (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont
sportsTeam Carolina Hurricanes ⓘ
North Carolina Courage ⓘ
North Carolina FC ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportationSystem GoRaleigh ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina