Welcome to Raleigh
WELCOME TO RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA!
Raleigh is the State Capital and is located in Wake County. Raleigh is 190 miles east of the Great Smoky Mountains and 150 miles west of the Atlantic Ocean. This area is often referred as the Triangle, a metropolitan area centered around three counties - Wake, Durham and Orange.
Quick Facts About Raleigh & Wake County::
- 276,000+ residents, 627,000+ for Wake County (as of the 2000 U.S. census)
- Raleigh covers over 117.30 square miles
- Home of North Carolina State University as well as 32 other Colleges and Universities
- Multiple health care facilities in the Raleigh area, including WakeMed Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, UNC Health Care and others
- There are 125 schools in the Wake County School System, with a total enrollment of more than 105,000.
- Raleigh average temperature is 59.8 degrees F, the average low temperature is 47 degrees F, the average high temperature is 70 degrees F.
- 1 International Airport - Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
Raleigh has 4 High Schools Ranked in Newsweek's Top 1,300 High Schools in the U.S. - May, 2008
Raleigh was Ranked # 1 on the Forbes "Best Places for Business & Careers" - April, 2008
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Ranked # 1 on the Forbes "Best Places for Business & Careers"
Raleigh has 4 High Schools Ranked in Newsweek's Top 1,300 High Schools in the U.S.
Duke University Medical Center was Ranked #6 on the Honor Roll Center listing which ranks the top hospitals in 17 specialties every year.
UNC Hospitals ranked among nation’s best medical centers
