Raleigh, North Carolina
| Raleigh | |
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| Nickname : City Of Oaks | |
 Night in downtown Raleigh as viewed from Boylan Avenue |
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| Located in Wake County and North Carolina | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1792 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | North Carolina |
| Counties : |
Wake County Durham County |
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 49 ′ N , 78 ° 39 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
458,880 (as of 2016) 1,302,946 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 1,546.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 299.3 km 2 (approx. 116 mi 2 ) of which 296.8 km 2 (approx. 115 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 96 m |
| Structure: | 5 boroughs |
| Postcodes : | 27601-27699 |
| Area code : | +1 919, 984 |
| FIPS : | 37-55000 |
| GNIS ID : | 1024242 |
| Website : | www.raleigh-nc.org |
| Mayor : | Mary-Ann Baldwin |
 View of the city center from the south |
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Raleigh is the capital of the US state North Carolina and the second largest city in North Carolina after Charlotte and forms a triangle with the neighboring cities of Chapel Hill and Durham . Because of the triangle location of these cities, the area is also called Research Triangle (or simply Triangle).
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 150.255 |
| 1990 | 212.092 |
| 2000 | 288.283 |
| 2010 | 404.001 |
| 2016 | 458.880 |
¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate
history
Raleigh was founded in 1792 with the purpose of becoming the new capital of North Carolina and the new seat of Wake County . As the capital, it replaced New Bern , located on the coast , where the colonial administration had been located since 1710. The name was given in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh , the discoverer of the North Carolina coast.
In 1808 Andrew Johnson was born at Casso's Inn in Raleigh. During the American Civil War , General William Tecumseh captured Sherman Raleigh shortly before the end of the war on April 13, 1865. The fleeing Confederate soldiers were then captured by Union troops at Morrisville and defeated at the Battle of Morrisville.
The National Park Service identifies three National Historic Landmarks for Raleigh : the North Carolina State Capitol , Christ Episcopal Church, and Josephus Daniels House . 134 buildings and sites in the city are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of November 9, 2018).
economy
The metropolitan area of Raleigh had a gross domestic product of 79.8 billion US dollars in 2016, making it 44th among the metropolitan areas of the United States. The personal per capita income in 2016 was $ 50,444, which means that Raleigh has a slightly above average income level.
Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill together form a technology region with the Research Triangle Park research and technology center (also known as RTP) in the middle . Many large companies from the pharmaceutical, technology and biotechnology sectors have settled here.
Examples:
- BASF
- BB&T Insurance Services
- Bayer
- Capitol Broadcasting Company
- Carquest
- Credit Suisse
- Epic Games
- Excellence Health
- First Citizens BancShares
- Golden Corral
- IBM
- Infineon Technologies
- Lenovo
- Lulu
- Martin Marietta Materials
- Micro-Epsilon measurement technology
- Pfizer
- Red hat
- SAS Institute
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Siemens
- Voith
Infrastructure
Air traffic
The Raleigh-Durham International Airport is the airport of the two cities Raleigh and Durham and is located exactly between the two cities. It is the second largest airport in North Carolina after Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte.
Road traffic
Raleigh is connected to Interstate 40 , supplemented by the local (ring) highways Interstate 440 and Interstate 540 . Furthermore, the highways US Highway 1 , 64 (with 264), 70 and 401 run through the city.
railroad
Raleigh is part of the Amtrak long-distance network with 4 daily train pairs:
- Silver Star ( New York City - Miami )
- Piedmont to Charlotte (twice a day)
- Carolinian (New York - Charlotte)
Local transport
Local traffic in the metropolitan area is carried out by the Capital Area Transit ( CAT ) with 33 bus routes and individual Triangle Transit lines . Furthermore, the free lines of Wol proud connect different locations of the university with each other.
In the 1990s there were plans for a railroad corridor about 40 kilometers in length operated by diesel multiple units, but it was not possible to finance it.
education
The region has a very high educational and social level, which is due to the many industrial settlements at the numerous universities in Chapel Hill ( University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ), Raleigh ( North Carolina State University ) and Durham ( Duke University ).
Culture
Raleigh has a wide variety of cultural institutions. In the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts are several large theaters and a concert hall . There are also several cabaret stages in the city .
Raleigh also has several museums, the largest being the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences , the North Carolina Museum of History, and the North Carolina Museum of Art .
Twin cities
Raleigh has partnered with the following cities:
sports clubs
With the Carolina Hurricanes , Raleigh has had a professional ice hockey team since 1999 . After taking part in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in 2002, they were able to win the coveted trophy in 2006 with 4: 3 victories in the final series against the Edmonton Oilers .
sons and daughters of the town
- Clay Aiken (* 1978), singer
- William Willard Ashe (1872–1932), botanist and forester
- Tyler Barnhardt (born 1993), actor
- Jeb Bishop (* 1962), jazz and improvisation musician
- Logan Brown (born 1998), ice hockey player
- John Cassin Cantwell (1859–1940), explorer in Alaska
- Aubrey Dollar (born 1980), actress
- Jeff Galloway (* 1945), long-distance runner
- Buddy Gilmore (1880 - after 1922), ragtime and jazz musician
- Gracie Glam (* 1990), porn actress
- Rhoda Griffis (born 1965), actress
- Michael C. Hall (born 1971), actor
- Jeff Hardy (born 1977), wrestler
- Rufus Harley (1936-2006), jazz musician
- Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th President of the United States
- Darius Johnson-Odom (* 1989), basketball player
- Randy Jones (* 1952), disco singer and actor
- Will Kindrachuk (* 2000), actor
- Mary Robinette Kowal (* 1969), writer and puppeteer
- Benjamin R. Lacy (1854–1929), politician
- Brandi Love (* 1973), porn actress
- Bruce Matthews (born 1961), football player
- Daniel McFadden (* 1937), economist
- Nate McMillan (born 1964), basketball coach and player
- Robert Duncan McNeill (* 1964), actor, producer and film director
- Loumell Morgan (1922-1983), R&B and jazz musician
- Leonidas Polk (1806–1864), Bishop of the Episcopal Church and Confederate General
- Emily Procter (born 1968), actress
- Shavlik Randolph (born 1983), basketball player
- Peyton Reed (born 1964), film director
- Jerome Robinson (born 1997), basketball player
- Burk Uzzle (* 1938), photographer
- Liz Vassey (born 1972), actress
- Reginald VelJohnson (born 1952), actor
- John Wall (born 1990), basketball player
- Chris Wilcox (* 1982), basketball player
- Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), actress
Others
The double murderer Kenneth Lee Boyd was executed in Raleigh Central Prison on December 2, 2005 . This was the 1,000th execution in the US since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
Climate table
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Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Raleigh, North Carolina
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In Raleigh there is a subtropical climate ( Cfa ) with long, hot, humid summers and short, but still partly cool winters; in January and February the mean minimum temperature is below freezing point.
Web links
source
- ^ The Battle of Morrisville . Ernest Dollar. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
- ↑ List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed November 9, 2018.
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 9, 2018.
- ^ US Department of Commerce, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis: Bureau of Economic Analysis. Retrieved July 4, 2018 (American English).
- ^ US Department of Commerce, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis: Bureau of Economic Analysis. Retrieved July 5, 2018 (American English).
- ^ North Carolina Museum of History
