Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

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census-designated place research park

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina is one of the largest and most prominent research and technology parks in the United States, known for hosting numerous high-tech companies, government agencies, and research institutions.

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Research Triangle Park 12
Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
research park ⓘ
adjacentTo Interstate 40 ⓘ
Research Triangle Expressway (NC 540) ⓘ
area approximately 11 square miles ⓘ
approximately 7,000 acres ⓘ
category Economy of the Research Triangle ⓘ
High-technology business districts in the United States ⓘ
Science parks in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developmentType planned research park ⓘ
economicRole hub for innovation and startups ⓘ
major employment center in North Carolina ⓘ
establishedIn 1959 ⓘ
founded 1959 ⓘ
founder Research Triangle Park, North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
governingBody Research Triangle Park, North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
hasPostalAddress Durham, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Durham, North Carolina (mailing address)
hosts Biogen facilities ⓘ
Cisco Systems facilities ⓘ
EPA research facilities ⓘ
GlaxoSmithKline facilities ⓘ
IBM facilities ⓘ
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences campus

RTI International headquarters ⓘ
influencedBy proximity to Duke University ⓘ
proximity to North Carolina State University ⓘ
proximity to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ
knownFor biotechnology industry ⓘ
government research facilities ⓘ
high-technology companies ⓘ
information technology companies ⓘ
pharmaceutical research ⓘ
research and development ⓘ
locatedIn Durham County, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Wake County, North Carolina ⓘ
metroArea Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ
surface form: Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area
namedAfter Research Triangle ⓘ
near Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ
Durham, North Carolina ⓘ
Raleigh ⓘ
surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina
partOf Research Triangle ⓘ
surface form: Research Triangle metropolitan region
region Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
servedBy Raleigh–Durham International Airport ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Raleigh–Durham area → contains → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
Wake County, North Carolina → containsResearchPark → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina → founder → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Research Triangle Park
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina → governingBody → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Research Triangle Park
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
Chatham County, North Carolina → hasEconomicLink → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
Apex → hasEconomicTie → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Apex, North Carolina
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
Town of Creedmoor, North Carolina → hasEconomicTieTo → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
The Triangle → hasResearchInstitution → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
Piedmont Crescent → hasResearchPark → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
Army Research Office → headquartersLocation → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences → headquartersLocation → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
ARO → headquartersLocation → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: U.S. Army Research Office
Holly Springs → locatedNear → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
Morrisville → locatedNear → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
Town of Stem, North Carolina → locatedNear → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
ARO → location → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: U.S. Army Research Office
The Triangle → namedAfter → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park
Cary → nearbyFacility → Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research Triangle Park