Research Triangle

Sprawling in the heart of 's Piedmont, the Research Triangle is a metro area of about two million people. The ever-expanding Triangle is unique as a metro area, since it is centered around three cities instead of just one.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Raleigh and Durham.

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The capital of and the largest city…

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Of the three cities that make up 's…

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Scenic and regularly decked out in "Carolina blue"…

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Cary and Henderson.

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is a town in the Research Triangle of .

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is a city in and the county seat of , United States.

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is a city of about 30,000 people in the…

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is a city of about 33,000 people in .

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is a town in and counties in the U.S. state of .

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is a town in Franklin and Wake Counties…

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is an incredibly historic town…

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is a town in …

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is a town of 4,300 people near the Haw River in the Research Triangle in .

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is a small town in Johnston County…

Research Triangle

  • Type: Region with 2,000,000 residents
  • Description: geographic region in North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Area metropolitana de Raleigh-Cary”, “Chapel Hill area”, “Durham area”, “metropolitansko območje Raleigh-Cary”, “North Carolina Triangle”, “Raleigh area”, “Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area”, “Research Park”, “Research Triangle Park”, “The Triangle”, “Triangle, North Carolina”, “研究三角區”, and “科研三角洲”
  • Category: locality
  • Location: , , , , ,
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Latitude of center
35.8753° or 35° 52′ 31″ north
Longitude of center
-78.7751° or 78° 46′ 31″ west
Population
2,000,000
Elevation
305 feet (93 metres)
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US YTP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2379521221
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
4487679
Wiki­data ID
Q767860
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Research Triangle” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “三角”
  • Chinese: “研究三角区”
  • Chinese: “研究三角地带”
  • Esperanto: “Esplortriangulo”
  • Finnish: “Research Triangle”
  • French: “Raleigh-Durham”
  • German: “Research Triangle”
  • German: “Triangle”
  • Hebrew: “משולש המחקר”
  • Hungarian: “Research Triangle”
  • Italian: “Triangle”
  • Japanese: “リサーチ・トライアングル”
  • Persian: “مثلث تحقیقاتی”
  • Slovenian: “Research Triangle”
  • Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Raleigh-Cary”
  • Urdu: “ریسرچ ٹرائی اینگل”

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