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Raleigh is located near the Neuse River. Raleigh is a commercial and distribution hub for an extensive agricultural area. Federal, state, and local government activities, financial and educational institutions, and construction are also important to Raleigh’s economy. Raleigh, along with Durham and Chapel Hill, forms one of the corners of a region dubbed the Research Triangle, an area containing extensive facilities used for scientific and educational research and development. More than 70 companies and government agencies have research laboratories in nearby Research Triangle Park. A 2006 real estate survey has estimated the population of Raleigh, North Carolina at 356,321.

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The first state capitol, completed in 1794, was destroyed by fire in 1831 and was replaced by the present Greek revival structure in 1840. Near the end of the American Civil War, in April 1865, the city was occupied by Union troops under the leadership of General William Tecumseh Sherman. In the 1970s and 1980s a major urban-renewal program improved housing conditions and transportation networks in the downtown area. In the 1990s Raleigh took a leading role in improving the water quality of the Neuse River basin.

Raleigh covers a land area of 115 sq mi, with a mean elevation of 363 ft. According to the 2000 census, whites are 63.3 percent of the population, blacks 27.8 percent, Asians 3.4 percent, and Native Americans 0.4 percent. Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders represent less than 0.1 percent of the population. The remainder are of mixed heritage or did not report ethnicity.

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