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The Research Triangle comprises the anchoring cities of Raleigh (the state capital), Durham and Chapel Hill, and is located in the Piedmont of the Appalachian Range in of North Carolina, United States of America. (Raleigh is at the fall line at the Piedmont's eastern edge.) It has a metropolitan population of 1.692 million.1 Four hundred four thousand live in Raleigh, 228 thousand in Durham and 57 thousand in Chapel Hill.2 The tallest building in Raleigh in early 2014 was the 32 story RBC Plaza (2008). Another famous building is the North Carolina State Capitol, completed in 1840 and housing the governor and lieutenant governor's offices.3
Skyline of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA