Piedmont Crescent

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megalopolis urban region

The Piedmont Crescent is a major urbanized region in North Carolina stretching in an arc through key cities such as Charlotte, the Triad, and the Triangle, known for its economic, educational, and transportation hubs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf megalopolis ⓘ
urban region ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedFrom railroad corridor in North Carolina ⓘ
hasAirport Charlotte Douglas International Airport ⓘ
Piedmont Triad International Airport ⓘ
Raleigh–Durham International Airport ⓘ
hasCharacteristic high population density ⓘ
urbanized corridor ⓘ
hasEconomicSector finance ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
technology ⓘ
hasMajorCity Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ
Charlotte, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Durham, North Carolina ⓘ
Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
High Point, North Carolina ⓘ
Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Winston-Salem, North Carolina ⓘ
hasMajorUniversity Duke University ⓘ
North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ
North Carolina State University ⓘ
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ
University of North Carolina at Charlotte ⓘ
University of North Carolina at Greensboro ⓘ
Wake Forest University ⓘ
hasResearchPark Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Research Triangle Park
hasShape arc ⓘ
hasSubregion Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Charlotte

Piedmont Triad ⓘ
Research Triangle ⓘ
hasTransportationCorridor Interstate 40 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEconomicBase textile industry ⓘ
tobacco industry ⓘ
includesMetropolitanArea Charlotte metropolitan area ⓘ
Piedmont Triad ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont Triad metropolitan region

Research Triangle ⓘ
surface form: Research Triangle metropolitan region
knownFor economic hub ⓘ
educational hub ⓘ
transportation hub ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInRegion Piedmont (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont
partOf Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
traverses central North Carolina ⓘ

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Piedmont (United States) → contains → Piedmont Crescent ⓘ