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The Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the
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region of the
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of
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. Anchored by the cities of
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and
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and the town of Chapel Hill, the region is home to three major research universities:
North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 and p ...
,
Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...
, and the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...
, respectively. The "Triangle" name originated in the 1950s with the creation of
Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States; it occupies in North Carolina and hosts more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers. It is owned and managed by the Research Triangle Foundation, a private non-profi ...
located between the three anchor cities, which is the largest
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in the United States and home to numerous
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companies. The nine-county region, officially named the Raleigh–Durham–Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area by the
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, comprises the
Raleigh Raleigh ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in the state (after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte) ...
Cary,
Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England **County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham *Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States Durham may also refer to: Places ...
Chapel Hill, and Henderson, NC Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The 2020 census put the population of the area at 2,106,463, making it the second-largest combined statistical area in North Carolina, behind Charlotte. The Raleigh–Durham television market includes a broader 24-county area which includes
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, and has a population of 2,726,000 persons. Most of the Triangle is part of North Carolina's
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, fourth,
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, and
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congressional districts. The region is sometimes confused with the
Piedmont Triad The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, and ...
, which is a North Carolina region adjacent to and directly west of the Triangle comprising
Greensboro Greensboro (; ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 307,381 in 2024. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina, af ...
,
Winston-Salem Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina and the 91st-most populous city in the Uni ...
, and High Point, among other cities. Both the Research Triangle and the Piedmont Triad form part of the Piedmont Crescent, a heavily urbanized region of the state that includes the city of Charlotte.


Definitions

Depending on which definition of the Research Triangle region is used, as few as three or as many as 16 counties are included as part of the region. The three core counties of Wake, Durham, and Orange are the homes of the three research universities for which the area is named.


Combined Statistical Area

As of September 14, 2018, the US
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(OMB) delineated the Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area as consisting of two metropolitan and one micropolitan statistical areas. Those three statistical areas in turn are defined as consisting of a total of nine counties. The MSAs and their constituent counties are: * Durham-Chapel Hill MSA ** Chatham County ** Durham County ** Granville County ** Orange County ** Person County * Henderson μSA ** Vance County * Raleigh-Cary MSA ** Franklin County ** Johnston County ** Wake County Prior to September 2018, the OMB had used the name Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area and it included several additional counties. The Dunn Micropolitan Statistical Area (Harnett County) and Sanford Micropolitan Statistical Area (Lee County) were moved to the Fayetteville-Sanford-Lumberton Combined Statistical Area, while the Oxford Micropolitan Statistical Area (Granville County) was folded into the Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Raleigh Metropolitan Statistical Area was also renamed the Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Statistical Area. The table below outlines the populations of the constituent counties of the Raleigh–Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area as of the 2020 Census.


Regional partnerships

The members of the Research Triangle Regional Partnership are: * Chatham *
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*
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* Granville * Harnett * Johnston *
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* Nash *
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*
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* Wake *
Warren Warren most commonly refers to: * Warren (burrow), a network dug by rabbits * Warren (name), a given name and a surname, including lists of persons so named Warren may also refer to: Places Australia * Warren (biogeographic region) * War ...
* Wilson All counties in North Carolina are in one of 16 regional councils which provide programs and services to local governments. The Triangle J Council of Governments includes Chatham, Durham, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Orange, and Wake Counties. The northern Triangle counties of Person, Granville, Franklin, Vance, and Warren are part of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments.


Cities

The Triangle region, as defined for statistical purposes as the Raleigh–Durham–Cary CSA, comprises nine counties, although the
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divided the region into two metropolitan statistical areas and one micropolitan area in 2003. The Raleigh-Cary metropolitan area comprises Wake, Franklin, and Johnston Counties; the Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area comprises Durham, Orange, Chatham, Granville, and Person Counties; and the Henderson micropolitan area comprises Vance County. Some area television stations define the region as Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville. Fayetteville is more than from Raleigh, but is part of the Triangle
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.


Education

Public secondary education in the Triangle is similar to that of the majority of the state of North Carolina, in which there are county-wide school systems (the exception is
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) is a school district which educates over 12,000 students (pre-K through 12th grade) in the southeastern part of Orange County, North Carolina. Being near three major universities as well as the Researc ...
within Orange County but apart from Orange County Schools). Based in Cary, the
Wake County Public School System The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) is a State school, public school district located in Wake County, North Carolina. With 159,995 students in average daily membership and 198 schools as of the 2023–24 school year, it is the large ...
, which includes the cities of Raleigh and Cary, is the largest school system in the state of North Carolina and the 15th-largest in the United States, with average daily enrollment of 159,949 as of the second month of the 2016–17 school year. Other larger systems in the region include Durham Public Schools (about 33,000 students) and rapidly growing Johnston County Schools (about 31,000 students).


Institutions of higher education

*
Campbell University Campbell University is a private Christian university in Buies Creek, North Carolina, United States. Campbell's main campus in Buies Creek is home to its College of Arts & Sciences, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Divinity School, Scho ...
* Central Carolina Community College *
Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...
* Durham Technical Community College *
ECPI University ECPI University, or East Coast Polytechnic Institute, is a private for-profit university based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It provides undergraduate- and graduate-level education in an accelerated format. ECPI University has six colleges wit ...
, Raleigh campus *
Louisburg College Louisburg College is a private Methodist-affiliated two-year college in Louisburg, North Carolina. History Louisburg College has its roots in two schools: Franklin Male Academy, which was chartered in 1787, re-chartered in 1802 but held it ...
*
Meredith College Meredith College is a private women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qu ...
* Montreat College's School of Professional and Adult Studies *
North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliati ...
*
North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 and p ...
* Piedmont Community College *
Shaw University Shaw University is a private historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in the Southern United States. The school had its origin in the fo ...
*
Skema Business School SKEMA Business School ("School of Knowledge Economy and Management") is a leading French business school ("Grande Ecole") with campuses across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. It was established in 2009 through the merger of Ecole Supér ...
, Raleigh campus *
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) is a Baptist seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. It was created in 1950 to meet a need in the SBC's East Coast region.William H. Bra ...
and The College at Southeastern * St. Augustine's College *
Strayer University Strayer University is a private for-profit university headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1892 as Strayer's Business College and later became Strayer College, before being granted university status in 1998. Strayer University ...
, Raleigh campus *
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...
* Vance-Granville Community College * Wake Technical Community College * William Peace University


Sports


College sports

With the significant number of universities and colleges in the area and the relative absence of major league professional sports,
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sports are very popular, particularly those sports in which the
Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the ACC's eighteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athlet ...
participates, most notably basketball. The
Duke Blue Devils The Duke Blue Devils are the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina. Duke's athletics department features 27 varsity teams that all compete at the N ...
(representing
Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...
in Durham),
NC State Wolfpack The NC State Wolfpack is the nickname of the athletic teams representing North Carolina State University. The Wolfpack competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I (NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subd ...
(representing
North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 and p ...
in Raleigh), and
North Carolina Tar Heels The North Carolina Tar Heels (also Carolina Tar Heels) are the college sports in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to ...
(representing the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...
) are all members of the ACC. Rivalries among these schools are very strong, fueled by proximity to each other, with annual competitions in every sport. Adding to the rivalries is the large number of graduates the high schools in the region send to each of the local universities. It is very common for students at one university to know many students attending the other local universities, which increases the opportunities for "bragging" among the schools. The four ACC schools in the state, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and
Wake Forest University Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...
(the last of which was originally located in the town of Wake Forest before moving to Winston-Salem in 1956), are referred to as Tobacco Road by sportscasters, particularly in basketball. All four teams consistently produce high-caliber teams . Each of the Triangle-based universities listed has won at least two NCAA Basketball national championships. Three
historically black colleges Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of serving African Americans. Most are in the Southern U ...
, including recent Division I arrival
North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliati ...
and Division II members St. Augustine College and
Shaw University Shaw University is a private historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in the Southern United States. The school had its origin in the fo ...
also boost the popularity of college sports in the region. Other colleges in the Triangle that field intercollegiate teams include
Campbell University Campbell University is a private Christian university in Buies Creek, North Carolina, United States. Campbell's main campus in Buies Creek is home to its College of Arts & Sciences, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Divinity School, Scho ...
,
Meredith College Meredith College is a private women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qu ...
, and William Peace University. The Triangle will host the World University Summer Games in 2029.


Professional sports

The region has only one professional team of the four major sports, the
Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Con ...
of the
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, based in Raleigh. Since moving to the Research Triangle region from
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, they have enjoyed great success, including winning a
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. The
North Carolina Courage The North Carolina Courage are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It was founded on January 9, 2017, after Stephen Malik acqui ...
began play in the
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in 2017 after the owner of North Carolina FC bought the NWSL franchise rights of the
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and relocated the NWSL franchise to the Triangle. The team has achieved broad success in the league, winning 2 NWSL championships and 3 NWSL Shields in the first five years in the Triangle. With limited top-level professional sports option, minor league sports are quite popular in the region. The
Durham Bulls The Durham Bulls are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. They are located in Durham, North Carolina, and play their home games at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, which opened ...
in downtown Durham are a AAA Minor League baseball affiliate of the
Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. They are one of two major ...
, and the
Carolina Mudcats The Carolina Mudcats are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League and the Single-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They are located in Zebulon, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh, and play their home games ...
, based in Zebulon, are the Advanced-A affiliate of the
Milwaukee Brewers The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. The Brewers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Di ...
. In Cary,
North Carolina FC North Carolina FC is an American professional association football, soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 2006, the team previously was named the Caro ...
plays in the second-tier
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The area also had a team in the fledgling
World League of American Football NFL Europe League (simply called NFL Europe and known in its final season as NFL Europa) was a professional American football league that functioned as the List of developmental and minor sports leagues, developmental minor league of the Nati ...
– however, the Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks, coached by
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, did not exactly cover themselves in glory; they lost all 10 games of their inaugural (and only) season in 1991. The team folded after that, being replaced in the league by the Ohio Glory, which fared little better at 1–9, ultimately suffering the same fate – along with the other six teams based in North America – when the league took a two-year hiatus, returning as a six-team all-European league in 1995. The
Orange County Speedway Orange County Speedway is a asphalt oval in Orange County, North Carolina, near Rougemont. It first opened in 1966 as a and a dirt oval (Trico Speedway), which operated until 1967 and 1973, respectively. The facility was reopened and paved i ...
in Rougemont hosts
stock car racing Stock car racing is a form of Auto racing, automobile racing run on oval track racing, oval tracks and road courses. It originally used Production vehicle, production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifical ...
events including the
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, the CARS Super Late Model Tour and the CARS Late Model Stock Tour.


Economy

The region's growing high-technology community includes such companies as
IBM International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is ...
,
Lenovo Lenovo Group Limited, trading as Lenovo ( , zh, c=联想, p=Liánxiǎng), is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in designing, manufacturing, and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, servers, conv ...
,
SAS Institute SAS Institute (or SAS, pronounced "sass") is an American multinational developer of analytics and artificial intelligence software based in Cary, North Carolina. SAS develops and markets a suite of analytics software ( also called SAS), which ...
,
Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, m ...
, NetApp, Red Hat, EMC Corporation, and Credit Suisse First Boston. In addition to high-tech, the region is consistently ranked in the top three in the U.S. with concentration in life science companies. Some of these companies include GlaxoSmithKline, Biogen Idec, BASF, Merck & Co., Novo Nordisk, Novozymes, and Pfizer.
Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States; it occupies in North Carolina and hosts more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers. It is owned and managed by the Research Triangle Foundation, a private non-profi ...
and Centennial Campus, North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus in Raleigh support innovation through R&D and technology transfer among the region's companies and research universities (including Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The area fared relatively well during the late-2000s recession, ranked as the strongest region in North Carolina by the Brookings Institution and among the top 40 in the country. The change in unemployment during 2008 to 2009 was 4.6% and home prices was 2%. The
Greensboro Greensboro (; ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 307,381 in 2024. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina, af ...
metropolitan area was listed among the second-weakest and the Charlotte area among the middle in the country.


Major employers


Major hospitals, medical centers and medical schools

The Research Triangle region is served by these hospitals and medical centers: * Hospitals of the Duke University Health System ** Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center (Durham) ** Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center (Durham) ** Duke Raleigh Hospital (formerly Raleigh Community Hospital) ** Duke University Medical Center (Durham) ** Duke Regional Hospital (formerly Durham Regional Hospital) ** Person Memorial Hospital (Roxboro) * Hospitals of the UNC Health Care system ** Chatham Hospital (Siler City) ** North Carolina Cancer Hospital (Chapel Hill) ** North Carolina Children's Hospital (Chapel Hill) ** North Carolina Memorial Hospital (Chapel Hill) ** North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital (Chapel Hill) ** North Carolina Women's Hospital (Chapel Hill) ** Rex Hospital (Raleigh) ** UNC Health Johnston (Smithfield) * Hospitals of the WakeMed system ** WakeMed Raleigh Campus (formerly Wake Memorial Hospital and Wake Medical Center) ** WakeMed North Hospital ** WakeMed Cary Hospital (formerly Western Wake Medical Center) * Other hospitals and medical centers ** Central Regional Hospital (Butner) ** Durham Veteran's Administration, VA Medical Center (Durham) ** Franklin Regional Medical Center (Louisburg) * Harnett Health System (Dunn) ** Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital ** Angier Medical Services ** Good Hope Hospital ** Betsy Johnson Cancer Research Clinic ** Central Harnett Hospital * Medical Schools ** Duke University School of Medicine ** University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine ** Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine


Transportation


Freeways and primary designated routes

The Triangle proper is served by four major interstate highways: Interstate 40, I-40, Interstate 42, I-42, Interstate 85, I-85, and Interstate 87 (North Carolina), I-87 along with their spur route, spurs: Interstate 885, I-885, Interstate 440 (North Carolina), I-440, and Interstate 540 (North Carolina), I-540, and seven United States Numbered Highways, U.S. Routes: U.S. Route 1 in North Carolina, 1, U.S. Route 15, 15, U.S. Route 64, 64, U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina, 70, U.S. Route 264, 264, U.S. Route 401, 401, and U.S. Route 501, 501. US Highways 15 and 501 are multiplexed through much of the region as U.S. Route 15/501 in North Carolina, US 15-501. Interstate 95, I-95 passes 30 miles east of Raleigh through Johnston County, with I-87 connecting I-95 at Rocky Mount, NC to Raleigh via the Knightdale Bypass, US 64–264 Bypass. The two interstates diverge from one another in Orange County, with I-85 heading northeast through northern Durham County toward Virginia, while I-40 travels southeast through southern Durham, through the center of the region, and serves as the primary freeway through Raleigh. The related loop freeways I-440 and I-540 are primarily located in Wake County around Raleigh. I-440 begins at the interchange of US 1 and I-40 southwest of downtown Raleigh and arcs as a multiplex with US 1 northward around downtown with the formal designation as the Cliff Benson/Raleigh Beltline (cosigned with US 1 on three-fourths of its northern route) and ends at its junction with I-40 in southeast Raleigh. I-540, sometimes known as the Raleigh Outer Loop, extends from the Knightdale Bypass, US 64–264 Bypass to I-40 just inside Durham County, where it continues across the interstate as a state route (NC 540), prior to it becoming a toll road from the NC 54 interchange to the current terminus at I-40 and I-42 near Garner. I-95 serves the extreme eastern edge of the region, crossing north–south through suburban Johnston County. U.S. Routes 1, 15, and 64 primarily serve the region as limited-access freeways or multilane highways with frontage road, access roads. US 1 enters the region from the southwest as the Claude E. Pope Memorial Highway and travels through suburban Apex where it merges with US 64 and continues northeast through Cary. The two highways are codesignated for about until US 1 joins I-440 and US 64 with I-40 along the Raleigh–Cary border. Capital Boulevard, which is designated US 1 for half of its route and US 401 the other is not a limited-access freeway, although it is a major thoroughfare through northeast Raleigh and into the northern downtown area. North Carolina Highway 147 is a limited-access freeway that connects I-85 with Toll Route NC 540 in northwestern Wake County. The older, toll-free portion of the four-lane route—known as the Durham Freeway or the I.L. "Buck" Dean Expressway—traverses downtown Durham and extends through Research Triangle Park to I-40. The Durham Freeway is often used as a detour or alternate route for I-40 through southwestern Durham the Chapel Hill area in cases of traffic accident, congestion or road construction delays. The tolled portion of NC 147, called the Triangle Expressway—North Carolina's first modern toll road when it opened to traffic in late 2011—continues past I-40 to Toll NC 540. Both Toll NC 147 and Toll NC 540 are modern facilities which collect tolls using transponders and license plate photo-capture technology.


Public transit

A partnering system of multiple public transportation agencies currently serves the Triangle region under the joint GoTriangle branding. Raleigh is served by Capital Area Transit (Raleigh), GoRaleigh (formerly Capital Area Transit) municipal transit system, while Durham has Durham Area Transit Authority, GoDurham (formerly the Durham Area Transit Authority). Chapel Hill is served by Chapel Hill Transit, and Cary is served by C-TRAN (North Carolina), GoCary (formerly C-Tran) public transit systems. However, GoTriangle, formerly called Triangle Transit, works in cooperation with all area transit systems by offering transfers between its own routes and those of the other systems. Triangle Transit also coordinates an extensive vanpool and carpool, rideshare program that serves the region's larger employers and commute destinations. Plans have been made to merge all of the area's municipal systems into GoTriangle, and GoTriangle also has proposed a regional rail system to connect downtown Durham, downtown Cary and downtown Raleigh with multiple suburban stops, as well as stops in the Research Triangle Park area. The agency's initial proposal was effectively cancelled in 2006, however, when the agency could not procure adequate federal funding. A committee of local business, transportation and government leaders currently are working with GoTriangle to develop a new transit blueprint for the region, with various modes of rail transit, as well as bus rapid transit, open as options for consideration.


Air


Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU)

Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) has nonstop passenger service to 68 destinations with over 450 average daily departures, including nonstop international service to Canada, Europe, and Mexico. It is located near the geographic center of The Triangle, northeast of the town of Morrisville, North Carolina, Morrisville in Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County. The airport covers 5,000 acres (2,023 ha) and has three runways., effective February 1, 2018. In 1939 the General Assembly of North Carolina chartered the Raleigh–Durham Aeronautical Authority, which was changed in 1945 to the Raleigh–Durham Airport Authority. The first new terminal opened in 1955. Terminal A (now Terminal 1) opened in 1981. American Airlines began service to RDU in 1985. RDU opened the runway, 5L-23R, in 1986. American Airlines opened its north–south hub operation at RDU in the new Terminal C in June 1987, greatly increasing the size of RDU's operations with a new terminal including a new apron and runway. American brought RDU its first international flights to Bermuda, Cancun, Paris, France, Paris and London. In 1996, American Airlines ceased its hub operations at RDU due to Pan American World Airways, Pan Am and Eastern Airlines. Pan Am and Eastern were Miami International Airport, Miami's main tenants until 1991, when both carriers went bankrupt. Their hubs at MIA were taken over by United Airlines and American Airlines. This created a difficulty in competing with US Airways' hub in Charlotte and Delta Air Lines' hub in Atlanta, Georgia for passengers traveling between smaller cities in the North and South. Midway Airlines (1993–2003), Midway Airlines entered the market, starting service in 1995 with the then somewhat novel concept of 50-seat Canadair Regional Jets providing service from its RDU hub primarily along the East Coast. Midway, originally incorporated in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, had some success after moving its operations to the midpoint of the eastern United States at RDU and its headquarters to Morrisville, NC. The carrier ultimately could not overcome three weighty challenges: the arrival of Southwest Airlines, the refusal of American Airlines to renew the frequent flyer affiliation it had with Midway (thus dispatching numerous higher fare-paying businesspeople to airlines with better reward destinations), and the significant blow of September 11, 2001. Midway Airlines filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 13, 2001, and ceased operations entirely on October 30, 2003. In February 2000, RDU was ranked as the nation's second fastest-growing major airport in the United States, by Airports Council International, based on 1999 statistics. Passenger growth hit 24% over the previous year, ranking RDU second only to Washington Dulles International Airport. RDU opened Terminal A south concourse for use by Northwest Airlines, Northwest and Continental Airlines in 2001. The addition added and five aircraft gates to the terminal. Terminal A became designated as Terminal 1 on October 26, 2008. In 2003, RDU also dedicated a new general aviation terminal. RDU continues to keep pace with its growth by redeveloping Terminal C into a new state-of-the-art terminal, now known as Terminal 2, which opened in October 2008. As of June 2022, the airport will have international flights to Cancun, London, Montreal, Paris, Reykjavik and Toronto. Cancun and London service is provided by American, Frontier and JetBlue, while the Canada flights are provided by Air Canada, Paris by Delta, and Reykjavik by Icelandair. Icelandair is the first international carrier outside of Air Canada to service the airport. Delta Air Lines currently considers the airport to be a "focus city", or an airport that is not a hub, but is of importance to the carrier. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly shrunk the operation, but by September 2022, Delta will be serving 21 destinations on aircraft ranging from the CRJ700 to the 767.


Public general-aviation airports

In addition to RDU, several smaller publicly owned general aviation, general-aviation airports also operate in the metropolitan region: * Triangle North Executive Airport , Louisburg, North Carolina, Louisburg * Raleigh Exec , Sanford, North Carolina, Sanford * Johnston County Airport , Smithfield, North Carolina, Smithfield * Horace Williams Airport , Chapel Hill (Closed) * Harnett Regional Jetport , Erwin, North Carolina, Erwin * Person County Airport , Roxboro, North Carolina, Roxboro * Siler City Municipal Airport , Siler City, North Carolina, Siler City


Private airfields

Several licensed private general aviation, general-aviation and agricultural airfields are located in the region's suburban areas and nearby rural communities: * Bagwell Airport , Garner * Ball Airport , Louisburg, North Carolina, Louisburg * Barclaysville Field Airport , Angier, North Carolina, Angier * Brooks Field Airport , Siler City * CAG Farms Airport , Angier * Charles Field Airport , Dunn * Cox Airport , Apex * Crooked Creek Airport , Bunn * Dead Dog Airport , Pittsboro, North Carolina, Pittsboro * Deck Airpark Airport , Apex * Dutchy Airport , Chapel Hill * Eagle's Landing Airport , Pittsboro * Field of Dreams Airport , Zebulon, North Carolina, Zebulon * Fuquay/Angier Field Airport , Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, Fuquay-Varina * Hinton Field Airport , Princeton, North Carolina, Princeton * Kenly Airport , Kenly, North Carolina, Kenly * Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport , Durham * Miles Airport , Chapel Hill * North Raleigh Airport , Louisburg * Peacock Stolport Airport , Garner * Raleigh East Airport , Knightdale, North Carolina, Knightdale * Riley Field Airport , Bunn * Ron's Field Ultralight Airport , Pittsboro * Triple W Airport , Raleigh * Womble Field Airport , Chapel Hill


Heliports

These licensed heliports serve the Research Triangle region: * Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital Heliport , Dunn—publicly owned; medical service * Duke University North Heliport , Durham—privately owned; public medical service * Garner Road Heliport , Raleigh—publicly owned; state government service * Holly Green Heliport , Durham—private * Sky-5 Heliport , Raleigh—private, owned by Sky-5 Inc. (WRAL-TV) * Sprint MidAtlantic Telecom Heliport , Youngsville, North Carolina, Youngsville—private; corporate service * Wake Medical Center Heliport , Raleigh—publicly owned; medical service * Western Wake Medical Center Heliport , Cary—publicly owned; medical service A number of helipads (i.e. marked landing sites not classified under the FAA Location identifier, LID system) also serve a variety of additional medical facilities (such as UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill), as well as private, corporate and governmental interests, throughout the region.


Rail

Amtrak serves the region with the Silver Meteor, Silver Star (Amtrak train), Silver Star, Palmetto (train), Palmetto, Carolinian (train), Carolinian, and Piedmont (train), Piedmont routes.


Shopping


Super-regional enclosed malls

* Triangle Town Center and Commons (Raleigh; 1,431,091 ft²) (opened 2002) * The Streets at Southpoint (Durham; 1,336,000 ft²) (opened 2002) * Crabtree Valley Mall (Raleigh; 1,326,000 ft²) (opened 1972) * Cary Towne Center (Cary; 914,252 ft²) (opened 1979, closed 2021) * Northgate Mall (Durham), Northgate Mall (Durham; 857,099 ft²) (opened 1960, enclosed 1972, closed 2020)


Major shopping centers

* Crossroads Plaza (North Carolina), Crossroads Plaza (Cary; 1,300,000 ft²) * Village District (Raleigh; 656,000 ft²) * Carolina Premium Outlets (Smithfield; 440,000 ft²) * University Place (Chapel Hill, North Carolina), University Place (Chapel Hill; 366,000 ft²) * Carr Mill Mall (Carrboro, North Carolina, Carrboro; 86,000 ft²) * Tanger Outlet Center (Mebane; 317,000 ft²) * North Hills (Raleigh), North Hills Mall & Plaza (Raleigh)


Entertainment

Film festivals and events: * Full Frame Documentary Film Festival – Durham * North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival – Durham Notable performing arts and music venues: * Cat's Cradle (venue), Cat's Cradle – Carrboro * Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Coastal Credit Union Music Park – Raleigh * Red Hat Amphitheater – downtown Raleigh * Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park – Cary * Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts – downtown Raleigh * PNC Arena – Raleigh * Durham Performing Arts Center – Durham * Carolina Theatre (Durham), Carolina Theatre – Durham * North Carolina Museum of Art, Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Theater – Raleigh * Pinhook – Durham * Hayti Heritage Cultural Center – Durham Theatre and dance events: * American Dance Festival – Durham * Wake Forest Dance Festival – Wake Forest * Raleigh Little Theatre – Raleigh Music festivals: * Dreamville Festival – Raleigh * Hopscotch Music Festival – Raleigh * Moogfest – Durham * ProgDay – Chapel Hill * Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival – Pittsboro * Eno River Festival – Durham Movie theatres: * Alamo Drafthouse Cinema – Raleigh * AMC Theatres at The Streets at Southpoint – Durham * Carolina Theatre (Durham), Carolina Theatre – Durham * Silverspot Cinema – Chapel Hill * The Rialto – Raleigh


Museums


Gardens and parks

* JC Raulston Arboretum – Raleigh * Bond Park – Cary * John Chavis Memorial Park – Raleigh * Dorothea Dix Hospital, Dorothea Dix Park – Raleigh * Sarah P. Duke Gardens – Durham * Durham Central Park – Durham * Durant Nature Preserve – Raleigh * Falls Lake State Recreation Area – Raleigh * Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve – Cary * Moore Square Historic District, Moore Square Park – Raleigh * North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill * Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, Hillsborough * Pullen Park – Raleigh * Raleigh Rose Garden – Raleigh * William B. Umstead State Park – Raleigh, Cary, Durham


Lakes

* Lake Crabtree – Cary * Eno Rock Quarry – Durham * Falls Lake – Raleigh * Fantasy Lake – Wake Forest * Hyco Lake – Roxboro * Jordan Lake – Durham * Lake Michie – Bahama * Shelley Lake – Raleigh


Media

The area is part of the Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville television media market, designated media area and is the 25th-largest in the country with 1,135,920 households (2014) included in that area and the second largest television market in North Carolina. It is part of the Raleigh–Durham Nielsen Audio radio market (code 115) and is the 42nd-largest in the country with a population of 1,365,900. The Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville market is defined by Nielsen as including Chatham, Cumberland, Dunn, Durham, Granville, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Northampton, Orange, Robeson, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne County, North Carolina, Wayne, and Wilson Counties, along with parts of Franklin County.


Print

Numerous newspapers and periodicals serve the Triangle market.


Paid and subscription

* ''The News & Observer'', the major daily Raleigh newspaper and the region's largest, with a significant regional and statewide readership (especially to the east of the Triangle) * ''The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina), The Herald-Sun'', the major daily Durham newspaper * ''Garner News'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Garner in southern Wake County * ''The Apex Herald'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Apex in western Wake County * ''Holly Springs Sun'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Holly Springs in southwestern Wake County * ''Butner-Creedmoor News'' The Weekly community newspaper for southern Granville County and surrounding areas * ''Cleveland Post'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Cleveland and nearby northwestern Johnston and southern Wake Counties * ''Fuquay-Varina Independent'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Fuquay-Varina in southwestern Wake County * ''The Wake Weekly'', a weekly community newspaper serving suburban Wake Forest, northern Wake County and southern Franklin County * The ''Chatham Journal'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Pittsboro, North Carolina, Pittsboro and surrounding Chatham County * ''The Clayton News-Star'', a weekly community newspaper for suburban Clayton and western Johnston County * ''Daily Record (Dunn), The Daily Record'', the daily community newspaper for suburban Dunn and surrounding Harnett County * ''The Courier-Times'', the semiweekly community newspaper for suburban Roxboro and Person County * ''Triangle Business Journal'', a weekly regional economic journal * ''Cary Magazine'', a bi-monthly magazine for Cary and western Wake County * ''Chapel Hill Magazine'', a bi-monthly magazine that serves 12,500 households and 1,600 businesses of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and northern Chatham County * ''Triangle Free Press'', a non-profit volunteer based print and digital newspaper that focuses on stories about the working class' struggle for a just society


Free

* The ''Independent Weekly'', a free weekly regional independent journal published in Durham * The ''Carolina Journal'', a monthly free regional newspaper published in Raleigh * The ''Raleigh Downtowner'', a free monthly magazine for downtown Raleigh and environs * The ''Raleigh Hatchet'', a free monthly magazine * ''The Daily Tar Heel'', the free weekday (during the regular academic year) student newspaper at UNC-Chapel Hill * ''Technician (newspaper), Technician'', the free weekday (during the regular academic year) student newspaper at NC State University in Raleigh * ''The Chronicle (Duke University), The Chronicle'', a free daily newspaper for (but independent of) Duke University and its surrounding community in Durham * ''The Blotter'', a free monthly regional literary journal * ''Fifteen-501'', a free magazine for the Durham–Chapel Hill area (named for nearby U.S. Route 15-501 in North Carolina, U.S. Route 15-501) * ''Acento Latino'', a free Spanish-language weekly regional newspaper published in Raleigh * ''Midtown Magazine'', a free bi-monthly lifestyle magazine published in Raleigh


Online only

* The ''Cary Citizen'', a free daily news source for the greater Cary and western Wake County area * The ''Raleigh Telegram'', a free daily news source for the greater Raleigh area * The ''Wake Forest Gazette'', a free weekly news site for items of local Wake Forest interest * The ''Johnston County Report'', a free daily news source for Johnston County and the surrounding areas


Television


Broadcast

The Triangle is part of the Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville, North Carolina, Fayetteville Designated Market Area for broadcast television. –16, the area was the 25th-largest in the country. This area includes these television stations: * UNC-TV, WUNC-TV (4, Chapel Hill), PBS member station and flagship station of the PBS North Carolina television network, owned by the University of North Carolina system * WRAL-TV (5, Raleigh), NBC affiliate owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company * WTVD (11, Durham), American Broadcasting Company, ABC Owned-and-operated station, O&O owned by ABC Owned Television Stations * WNCN (17, Goldsboro), CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group * WLFL (22, Raleigh), The CW, CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group * WTNC-LD (26, Durham), UniMás O&O owned by TelevisaUnivision * WRDC (28, Durham), MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group * WRAY-TV (30, Wilson), Tri-State Christian Television, TCT O&O owned by Tri-State Christian Television * WUVC-DT (40, Fayetteville), Univision O&O owned by TelevisaUnivision * WRPX-TV (47, Rocky Mount) and WFPX-TV (62, Fayetteville), both Ion Television O&Os owned by Katz Broadcasting, Scripps Networks * WRAZ-TV (50, Raleigh), Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox affiliate owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company


Cable

Raleigh is home to the Research Triangle Region bureau of the regional cable TV news channel Spectrum News 1 North Carolina.


Radio

The Triangle is home to North Carolina Public Radio, a public radio station/National Public Radio, NPR provider that brings in listeners around the country. Raleigh and a large part of the Triangle area is Arbitron radio market #43. Stations include: FM stations: * 88.1 FM WKNC (North Carolina State University, NCSU) College Radio from N.C. State University * 88.5 FM WRTP (Radio Training Network, RTN) Christian ("His Radio WRTP") * 88.7 FM WXDU (Duke University, DU) College Radio from Duke University * 88.9 FM WRKV (Educational Media Foundation, EMF) Contemporary Christian ("K-LOVE") from Educational Media Foundation * 89.3 FM WXYC (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC) College Radio from UNC-Chapel Hill * 89.7 FM WCPE Classical & Opera Music * 90.5 FM WVRD (Liberty University) Christian * 90.7 FM WNCU (North Carolina Central University, NCCU) National Public Radio, NPR/Jazz from N.C. Central University * 91.1 FM W216BN (Radio Training Network, RTN) Christian ("His Radio WRTP") (Broadcast translator, Translator of WRTP) * 91.5 FM North Carolina Public Radio, WUNC (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC) National Public Radio, NPR affiliate from UNC-Chapel Hill * 92.5 FM WYFL (Bible Broadcasting Network, BBN) Christian Programs from Bible Broadcasting Network * 93.3 FM WERO (NM License, LLC) CHR ("Bob 933") * 93.5 FM WRLY-LP Community Radio ("Oak 93.5") * 93.9 FM WNCB (iHeartMedia, iHM) Country ("B93.9") * 94.3 FM W232CH(EMF) christian contemporary (K-LOVE) * 94.7 FM WQDR-FM (Curtis Media Group, CMG) Country ("94.7 QDR") 9 * 95.3 FM W237BZ (iHeartMedia, iHM) Classic Hip-Hop ("95.3 The Beat") (Translator of WDCG-HD2) * 96.1 FM WBBB (Curtis Media Group, CMG) Adult hits ("96.1 BBB") * 96.5 FM W243DK (Capitol Broadcasting Company, CBC) Sports ("The Buzz") (Translator of WCMC-FM, WCMC-HD2) * 96.7 FM WKRX Country ("Kickin' Country") * 96.9 FM WPLW-FM (Curtis Media Group, CMG) CHR ("Pulse FM") * 97.5 FM WQOK (Radio One (company), R1) Hip Hop ("K-97.5") * 97.9 FM W250BP ("97.9 The Hill") (Translator of WCHL (AM), WCHL) * 98.1 FM WQSM (Cumulus) CHR ("Q-98") * 98.9 FM W255AM (Radio Training Network, RTN) Christian ("His Radio WRTP") (Translator of WRTP) * 99.3 FM W257CS (Capitol Broadcasting Company, CBC) Sports ("The Buzz") (Translator of WCMC-FM, WCMC-HD2) * 99.9 FM WCMC-FM, WCMC (Capitol Broadcasting Company, CBC) Sports ("99.9 The Fan ESPN Radio") (Flagship for
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) * 100.7 FM WRDU (iHeartMedia, iHM) Classic Hits ("100.7 WRDU") * 101.1 FM WYMY (Curtis Media Group, CMG) Spanish ("La Ley 101.1 FM") * 101.5 FM WRAL-FM, WRAL (Capitol Broadcasting Company, CBC) Adult Contemporary ("Mix 101.5") * 101.9 FM WKRP-LP Community Radio ("101 Nine WKRP") * 102.3 FM WKJO (FM), WKJO Classic Hits ("Kix 102") * 102.5 FM WKXU (FM), WKXU (Curtis Media Group, CMG) Classic Hits ("Kix 102") * 102.9 FM WKIX-FM, WKIX (Curtis Media Group, CMG) Classic Hits ("Kix 102") * 103.3 FM WAKG (Piedmont Broadcasting, PB) Country ("103.3 WAKG") * 103.5 FM WCOM-LP Community Radio, Variety * 103.9 FM WNNL (Radio One (company), R1) Urban Gospel ("The Light 103.9") * 104.3 FM WFXK (Radio One (company), R1) Urban Adult Contemporary ("Foxy 104") * 104.7 FM W284CP (Curtis Media Group, CMG) Top-40 ("Pulse FM") (Translator of WPLW-FM) * 105.1 FM WDCG (iHeartMedia, iHM) CHR ("G-105") * 106.1 FM WTKK (iHeartMedia, iHM) Talk * 106.7 FM WKVK (Educational Media Foundation, EMF) Contemporary Christian * 107.1 FM WFXC (Radio One (company), R1) Urban Adult Contemporary ("Foxy 107") * 107.7 FM W299AP (Radio Training Network, RTN) Christian ("His Radio WRTP") (Translator of WRTP) * 107.9 FM W300CE (Radio Training Network, RTN) Christian ("His Radio WRTP") (Translator of WRTP) AM stations: * 540 AM WETC Catholic radio * 570 AM WQDR (AM), WQDR Classic rock ("Rock 92.9") * 620 AM WDNC Sports ("620 The Ticket") (Flagship for Duke Football and Basketball) * 680 AM WPTF News, Talk & Sports ("NewsRadio 680 WPTF") * 750 AM WAUG (AM), WAUG Urban Programming from St. Augustine's College * 850 AM WKIX (AM), WKIX Oldies ("Oldies 104.7") * 1000 AM WRTG Spanish * 1030 AM WDRU Christian ("The Truth 1030") * 1130 AM WPYB Country * 1240 AM WPJL Christian * 1310 AM WTIK Spanish * 1360 AM WCHL (AM), WCHL ("97.9 The Hill") * 1410 AM WRJD Spanish Christian * 1430 AM WRXO Country ("Simulcast of WKRX-FM") * 1490 AM WDUR South Asian * 1530 AM WLLQ Spanish * 1550 AM WCLY Adult album alternative ("That Station") * 1590 AM WHPY (AM), WHPY Christian


Map of the Triangle


See also

* Piedmont Atlantic MegaRegion, Piedmont Atlantic * Piedmont Crescent *
Piedmont Triad The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, and ...


References


External links


Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

Research Triangle Regional Partnership

Triangle Wiki
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