Orange County

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Orange County is a county in North Carolina that includes the university town of Chapel Hill and forms part of the state’s Research Triangle region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borders Alamance County, North Carolina
Caswell County, North Carolina
Chatham County, North Carolina
Durham County, North Carolina
Person County, North Carolina
climate humid subtropical climate
contains Carrboro, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Hillsborough, North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
surface form: UNC Chapel Hill campus

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
country United States of America
countySeat Hillsborough, North Carolina
governmentType county government
hasAreaCode 919
984
hasCity Chapel Hill, North Carolina
hasFIPSCode 37135
hasGNISID 1021780
hasHigherEducationInstitution University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
hasLegislativeBody Orange County Board of Commissioners
hasMajorEconomicSector healthcare
higher education
research and development
hasMajorHighway Interstate 40
Interstate 85 NERFINISHED
North Carolina Highway 86
U.S. Route 15 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED
hasRegionType county-level jurisdiction
hasTown Carrboro, North Carolina
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Mebane, North Carolina
isPartOf United States of America
isPartOfResearchTriangle yes
isUniversityTownCountyOf Chapel Hill, North Carolina
locatedIn North Carolina
locatedInRegion Piedmont region of North Carolina
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
namedAfter House of Orange-Nassau
William III of England
partOf Research Triangle
surface form: Research Triangle region
partOfCombinedStatisticalArea Raleigh–Durham area
surface form: Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area
partOfMetropolitanArea Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area
state North Carolina
subdivisionType county
usesDaylightSavingTime Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

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Raleigh–Durham area contains Orange County
The Triangle containsCounty Orange County
this entity surface form: Orange County Board of Commissioners
Research Triangle hasPart Orange County