Raleigh [rólý] je hlavním městem státu Severní Karolína and the county seat of Wake County. Raleigh je znám jako "město dubů" (the "City of Oaks"), kvůli množství těchto stromů ve městě. V roce 2006 měl 356 321 obyvatel, což z něj činí druhé nejlidnatější město v Severní Karolíně, po Charlotte. V roce 2008 mělo město téměř 380 000 obyvatel, což z něj činí 15. nejrychleji rostoucí město v USA.
Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill make up the three primary cities of the Research Triangle metropolitan region. The regional name originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, located midway between the cities of Raleigh and Durham. The Research Triangle region encompasses the U.S. Census Bureau's Combined Statistical Area (CSA) of Raleigh-Durham-Cary in the central Piedmont. The estimated population of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA was 1,635,974 as of July 1, 2007, with the Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) portion estimated at 994,551 residents.
While almost all of Raleigh is located within Wake County, a small portion of the city extends into neighboring Durham County. The towns of Cary, Garner, Wake Forest, Apex, Holly Springs, Clayton, and Knightdale are some of Raleigh's nearby suburbs.
In 2008, Forbes magazine named Raleigh no. 1 out of the "Top 200 Best Places For Business And Careers."
Severní Karolína
- Charlotte
- Raleigh
