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North Carolina is a quintessentially state in the United States of America, which offers visitors endless varieties within three distinct regions.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Charlotte and Raleigh.

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is an ambitious and rapidly growing city in the southern part of the of North Carolina. It is also developing its fledgling tourist industry; its central core is one of the most visitor-friendly districts in the Carolinas.

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The capital of North Carolina and the largest city of the , is the primary political and economic driver of the metro area. Indeed, business and politics are the main draws to , which lacks the more trendy feel or active arts scene of or to the west.

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The city of is a liberal, artsy community nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains and in . A popular tourist destination, this "Paris of the South," has one of the most impressive, comprehensive collections of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Piedmont and North Carolina Coastal Plain.

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The is the central region of North Carolina, a plateau of gentle hills between the flat and the majestic . The is home to the state's biggest cities as well as rolling farmland; fast-growing research centers as well as old-fashioned Southern hospitality.

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The Coastal Plain is a region along and including the coast of North Carolina.

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The in western North Carolina are home to popular areas like and the . The offer scenic drives, majestic hikes and a variety of small country stores and hometown restaurants for leisure.
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North Carolina

Latitude of center
35.673° or 35° 40′ 23″ north
Longitude of center
-79.0393° or 79° 2′ 22″ west
Population
9,940,000
Elevation
449 feet (137 metres)
Abbreviation
“NC”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316979074
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
4482348
Wiki­data ID
Q1454
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“North Carolina” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Noord-Carolina”
  • Albanian: “Karolina e Veriut”
  • Albanian: “North Carolina”
  • Amharic: “ኖርዝ ካሮላይና”
  • Arabic: “كارولاينا الشمالية”
  • Aragonese: “Carolina d’o Norte”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Կարոլինա”
  • Asturian: “Carolina del Norte”
  • Aymara: “North Carolina suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Karolina”
  • Balinese: “Carolina Kalér”
  • Bashkir: “Төньяҡ Каролина”
  • Basque: “Ipar Carolina”
  • Bavarian: “Noad-Karolina”
  • Bavarian: “Noadkarolina”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Караліна”
  • Bengali: “নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bhojpuri: “उत्तर क्यारोलिना”
  • Bhojpuri: “नॉर्थ कैरोलिना”
  • Bishnupriya: “নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bislama: “Not Carolina”
  • Bosnian: “Sjeverna Karolina”
  • Breton: “North Carolina”
  • Breton: “Norzh Karolina”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна Каролина”
  • Burmese: “မြောက်ကယ်ရိုလိုင်းနားပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Carolina del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “North Carolina”
  • Central Bikol: “North Carolina”
  • Central Kurdish: “کارۆلینای باکوور”
  • Chavacano: “North Carolina”
  • Chechen: “Къилбаседа Каролина”
  • Cherokee: “ᎦᏯᎴᏂ”
  • Chinese: “North Carolina”
  • Chinese: “北卡罗来纳州”
  • Chinese: “北卡羅來納州”
  • Chinese: “北卡羅来納州”
  • Chinese: “北卡羅萊納州”
  • Chinese: “北卡羅萊那州”
  • Chuvash: “Çурçĕр Каролина”
  • Cornish: “Karolina Gledh”
  • Corsican: “Carolina di u Nordu”
  • Corsican: “Carulina di u Nordu”
  • Corsican: “Statu di a Carolina di u Nordu”
  • Corsican: “Statu di a Carulina di u Nordu”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Cenübiy Karolina”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şimaliy Karolina”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverna Karolina”
  • Czech: “North Carolina”
  • Czech: “Severní Karolína”
  • Czech: “State of North Carolina”
  • Dagbani: “North Carolina”
  • Danish: “North Carolina”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Karolina Zımey”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Karolinay Zımey”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Carolina”
  • Dutch: “North Carolina”
  • Eastern Mari: “Йӱдвел Каролина”
  • Eastern Mari: “Йӱдвел Каролине”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كارولاينا الشماليه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نورث كارولاينا”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Karolino”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Carolina”
  • Ewe: “North Carolina”
  • Faroese: “North Carolina”
  • Fiji Hindi: “North Carolina”
  • Finnish: “North Carolina”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Carolina”
  • French: “Caroline du Nord”
  • Gagauz: “Poyraz Karolina”
  • Galician: “Carolina do Norte”
  • Galician: “North Carolina”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი კაროლინა”
  • German: “Nord-Carolina”
  • German: “North Carolina”
  • Gothic: “𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌰 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌾𐌽𐌰”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Καρολίνα”
  • Greek: “Πολιτεία της Βόρειας Καρολίνας”
  • Guarani: “Yvate Karolina”
  • Gujarati: “નોર્થ કેરોલીના”
  • Haitian: “Karolin dinò”
  • Hakka Chinese: “North Carolina”
  • Hausa: “North Carolina”
  • Hawaiian: “Kalolaina ‘Ākau”
  • Hawaiian: “Kalolaina ʻĀkau”
  • Hebrew: “צפון קרוליינה”
  • Hebrew: “צפון קרולינה”
  • Hebrew: “קרוליינה הצפונית”
  • Hebrew: “קרולינה הצפונית”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी केरोलिना”
  • Hindi: “नॉर्थ कैरोलीना”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Karolina”
  • Icelandic: “Norður-Karólína”
  • Icelandic: “North Carolina”
  • Ido: “Norda-Karolina”
  • Ido: “Nordal Karolina”
  • Igbo: “Nort Kárólínạ”
  • Iloko: “North Carolina”
  • Inari Sami: “Tave-Carolina”
  • Indonesian: “Carolina Utara”
  • Interlingua: “Carolina del Nord”
  • Interlingue: “Nord-Carolina”
  • Inuktitut: “ᑳᕉᓖᓈ ᑐᓄᕕᐊᖅ”
  • Inupiaq: “North Carolina”
  • Irish: “An Chairilín Thuaidh”
  • Irish: “Carolina Thuaidh”
  • Italian: “Carolina del Nord”
  • Italian: “Stato della Carolina del Nord”
  • Japanese: “ノース・カロライナ州”
  • Japanese: “ノースカロライナ州”
  • Japanese: “北カロライナ”
  • Japanese: “北カロライナ州”
  • Javanese: “Carolina Lor”
  • Javanese: “Carolina Utara”
  • Kabiyè: “Karolina Hayɩ Kiŋ”
  • Kabiyè: “Karolina nɛ hayʊ”
  • Kalmyk: “Ар Карелайн”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಕೆರೊಲೀನ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Шимал Каролина”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Каролина”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк Каролина (штат)”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк Каролина”
  • Komering: “Karolina Liba”
  • Korean: “노스캐롤라이나 주”
  • Korean: “노스캐롤라이나”
  • Korean: “노스캐롤라이나주”
  • Kurdish: “Karolînaya Bakur”
  • Ladin: “North Carolina”
  • Ladino: “Karolina del Norte”
  • Latin: “Carolina Septentrionalis”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļkarolīna”
  • Ligurian: “Carolinn-a do Nord”
  • Limburgan: “North Carolina”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Carolina Norde”
  • Literary Chinese: “北卡羅來納州”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Karolina”
  • Lombard: “Carolina del Nord”
  • Low German: “Noord Karolina”
  • Low German: “Noord-Carolina”
  • Luxembourgish: “North Carolina”
  • Macedonian: “Северна Каролина”
  • Maithili: “नर्थ क्यारोलाइना”
  • Malagasy: “Karolina Avaratra”
  • Malagasy: “North Carolina”
  • Malay: “Carolina Utara”
  • Malayalam: “വടക്കൻ കരൊലൈന”
  • Malayalam: “വടക്കൻ കരോലിന”
  • Manipuri: “ꯑꯋꯥꯡ ꯀꯦꯔꯣꯂꯤꯅꯥ”
  • Manx: “Carolina Hwoaie”
  • Manx: “North Carolina”
  • Maori: “Karorena-ki-te-raki”
  • Maori: “North Carolina”
  • Marathi: “नॉर्थ कॅरोलिना”
  • Mazanderani: “شمالی کارولینا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “North Carolina”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “North Carolina”
  • Mingrelian: “ოორუე კაროლინა”
  • Mongolian: “Хойд Каролина”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كارولينا الشمالية”
  • Nauru: “North Carolina”
  • Navajo: “Chéchʼil Ńtʼiʼí Hahoodzo”
  • Nepali: “नर्थ क्यारोलाइना”
  • Newari: “नर्थ क्यारोलिना”
  • Northern Frisian: “North Carolina”
  • Northern Luri: “کارولینا شمالی”
  • Northern Sami: “Davvi-Carolina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Carolina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “North Carolina”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Carolina”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Carolina”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Carolina del Nòrd”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Norðcaroland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Norþ Carolīna”
  • Ossetian: “Цæгат Каролинæ”
  • Pali: “उत्तर क्यारोलिना”
  • Pampanga: “Pangulung Carolina”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰੀ ਕੈਰੋਲੀਨਾ”
  • Papiamento: “North Carolina”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Nard-Carolina”
  • Persian: “کارولینای شمالی”
  • Picard: “Caroline du Nord”
  • Piemontese: “Carolin-a dël Nòrd”
  • Polish: “Karolina Północna”
  • Portuguese: “Carolina do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Estado da Carolina do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “North Carolina”
  • Pushto: “شمالي کارولینا”
  • Quechua: “North Carolina suyu”
  • Romanian: “Carolina de Nord”
  • Romansh: “North Carolina”
  • Russia Buriat: “Хойто Каролина”
  • Russian: “Северная Каролина”
  • Samoan: “Karolaina i Matu”
  • Samogitian: “Šiaurės Karolina”
  • Sanskrit: “नार्थ केरोलैना”
  • Sardinian: “Carolina de Nord”
  • Saterfriesisch: “North Carolina”
  • Scots: “North Carolina”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Carolina a Tuath”
  • Serbian: “Северна Каролина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverna Karolina”
  • Sicilian: “Carolina dû Nord”
  • Silesian: “Půłnocno Karolina”
  • Sindhi: “اتر ڪيرولينا”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු කැරොලිනා”
  • Skolt Sami: “Tâʹvv-Carolina”
  • Slovak: “Severná Karolína”
  • Slovenian: “Severna Karolina”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شمال کارولینا ایالتی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شومالی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Carolina del Norte”
  • Spanish: “El estado del Tacón de alquitrán”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Carolina del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Estado De Carolina del Norte”
  • Swahili: “Carolina Kaskazini”
  • Swahili: “North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Nordcarolina”
  • Swedish: “North Carolina”
  • Tagalog: “Hilagang Carolina”
  • Tagalog: “North Carolina”
  • Tajik: “Каролинаи Шимолӣ”
  • Talysh: “Kobəsonə Karolina”
  • Tamil: “வட கரொலைனா”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு கரோலினா”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Каролина”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర కరొలినా”
  • Thai: “รัฐนอร์ทแคโรไลนา”
  • Tumbuka: “North Carolina”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Karolina eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Karolina, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “N. C.”
  • Turkish: “N. Car.”
  • Turkish: “State of North Karolina”
  • Uighur: “Shimaliy Karolina Shitati”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Кароліна”
  • Urdu: “شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Urdu: “شمالی کیرولینا”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Karolina”
  • Venetian: “Carołina del Nord”
  • Venetian: “Caroƚina de el Nord”
  • Venetian: “Caroƚina del Nord”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “North Carolina”
  • Vlaams: “North Carolina”
  • Vlax Romani: “North Carolina”
  • Volapük: “North Carolina”
  • Walloon: “Caroline bijhrece”
  • Waray (Philippines): “North Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd Carolina”
  • Western Frisian: “Noard-Karolina”
  • Western Mari: “Йыдвел Каролина”
  • Western Panjabi: “نارتھ کیرولائنا”
  • Wu Chinese: “北卡罗来纳州”
  • Yakut: “Хоту Каролина”
  • Yiddish: “צפון קאראליינע”
  • Yoruba: “Àríwá Carolina”
  • Yoruba: “North Carolina”
  • Yue Chinese: “北卡羅萊納州”
  • Zeeuws: “North Carolina”
  • Zhuang: “Carolina Baihbaek”
  • “Carulìna dal Nòrd”
  • “ma Nokawolana”
  • “ma Nokewalana”
  • “N.C.”
  • “NC”
  • “Šiaurės Karolina”
  • “Tsonko Carolina”
  • “Tsonko Carolina Tlahtohkayotl”
  • “Tsonko Carolina Tlatilantli”
  • “US-NC”
  • “नॉर्थ कैरोलिना”

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