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A national historical landmark, Raleigh was founded by explorer Sir Walter Raleigh. The city is famous for its thriving performing arts, live music scene and nation-leading technological companies. Known as the City of Oaks for the many oak trees lining the downtown area, Raleigh was one of the first grid-planned cities in the country.
The capital of North Carolina, Raleigh is home to 464,758 people and considered one of the fastest growing cities in the United States with a growth rate of 3.4 percent a year.
Raleigh’s satellite cities and suburbs include Apex, Cary, Clayton, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell and Zebulon.
Raleigh is a thriving biotech and high-tech research center, and ranked number one on the 2015 Forbes list of the places to do business and pursue careers. The city is a major retail center for eastern North Carolina and a part of North Carolina’s successful Research Triangle, which also includes Durham and Chapel Hill.
Raleigh is a subtropical city with four distinct seasons. Winters are cool but short, while summers tend to be hot, humid, and punctuated with thunderstorms. A subtropical city, Charlotte has short cool winters and hot, humid summers. Temperatures in the summer can reach 89°F in July and lows of 30°F in January. The city receives 46 inches of rain a year, on average, and an annual snowfall rate of only 4 inches.
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