Raleigh

Raleigh functions under a government council-director since 1947. The municipal council is composed of eight members of which the mayor.

Municipal council

• Charles Meeker, mayor
• Tommy Craven
• Jessie Taliaferro
• James West
• Thomas Crowder
• Philip Isley
• Russ Stevenson
• Joyce Kekas

Geography

Raleigh has an entire surface of 299,3 km ² including 296.8 km ² of ground and 2,5 km ² (0,84%) of water.

Climate

Demography

On census of 2000, there were 276.093 inhabitants, 112.608 households, and 61.371 families residing in the city. The city was populated of 63,31% of white (6,99% the Hispanic ones) and of 27,8% Afro-Americans. The population density was of 930,2 habitants/km ².

Among the 112.608 households, 26,5% have a child of less than 18 years living with them and 39,5% of the married households living together. In the city, 20,9% of the population have less than 18 years, 15,9% from 18 to 24 years, 36,6% from 25 to 44 years, 18,4% from 45 to 65 years, and 8,3% have more than 65 years. The Middle Age is 31 years.

The average revenue for a household is of 46.612 USD, the average revenue for a family of the east city of 60.003 USD, and the ordinary income per capita is of 25.113 USD. 11,5% of the population are 7,1% of the families of the city live below the American poverty line.

In 1990, the city counted 220.000 inhabitants, in 2000, 276.093, in 2005, 342.194 and in 2006, 353.604.

Monuments

• the capitole is built in style néogrec in the place of the old building which burned in 1831. In accordance with the neo-classic rules, a dome surmounts the central part from which the four branches leave the cross. It measures 49 meters of north in the south and 43 meters of the east in the west, gantry included. The height of the cupola is of 30 meters, counted base of the rotunda to the crown which decorates the dome. The external walls are out of granite.
• the Alltel Pavilion At Walnut Creek
• the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts surrounds the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, the Fletcher Opera Theater, the Kennedy Theater, and the Meymandi Concert Hall.
• Exploris accommodates a room IMAX
• Juniper Level Botanical gardens
• North Carolina Museum off Art * North Carolina Museum off History * North Carolina Museum off Natural Sciences is the largest museum of the kind in the south-east of the the United States.
• Raleigh City Museum * Playspace * Pullen Park, on the campus of the North Carolina State University.
• JC Raulston Arboretum internationally famous.

Buildings

• Two Hanover Public garden: 131 m, 29 stages (1991)

• Wachovia Capitol Center: 122 m, 30 stages (1991)

Economy

Raleigh belongs to a pole of High technology: the Research Triangle Park (RTP) which gathers in 2005 in a Cluster 137 companies of point, with a specialization in biotechnology, tools medical, public health and pharmacy. The town of Raleigh forms jointly this triangle with Durham and Chapel Hill. It is near three universities of international scale: University off North Carolina, Duke University and North Carolina Central University. It was born from the will of the Gouverneur of the State of North Carolina in 1959, which wished to develop employment highly qualified and to attract new companies. As from the moment when the firm IBM settles in Research Triangle Park in 1965, the development starts.

Education

Universities

• ECPI College off Technology
• Meredith College
• North Carolina State University
• Peace College
• School off Communication Arts
• Shaw University
• St Augustine' S College
• Wake Technical Community College

Schools public

The public schools of Raleigh are been useful by the Wake County Public School System. Raleigh has 77 public schools (48 elementary, 15 secondaries, and 9 schools higher).

Private schools

• Latin Raleigh High School

• Holy Thomas More Academy
• Ravenscroft School
• Cardinal Gibbons High School
• St David' S School
• Holy Mary' S School
• Raleigh Christian Academy
• Wake Christian Academy
• Friendship Christian School
• North Raleigh Christian Academy
• Trinity Academy off Raleigh
• Al Iman School
• Word off God Christian Academy
• Ligon School

Sports

Professional

The Hurricanes of the Caroline (LNH) arrived at Raleigh in 1997 (the old frankness was based with Hartford (Connecticut) under the name of Hartford Whalers). They play RBC Center (18 730 places) and gained the Coupe Stanley in 2006. The city also has Raleigh Rebels (American football in room) and Raleigh Cougars (Basket-ball).

Sports academic

Because of the big number of universities in the sector, the sports NCAA are very popular. Division Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA, count NC State Wolfpack (located at the west of the city), their rival, the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Université of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, and the Duke Blue Devils of the Université Duke. Not to forget the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of Wake Forest University located at Winston-Salem who has a team in division.

The North Carolina State University gained twice the championship of Basket-ball NCAA, in 1974 and 1983.

Two historical black universities, St Augustine College and Shaw University have also a strong influence on the sport in the sector.

Shopping

• Crabtree Valley Badly

• Brier Creek
• Triangle Town Center
• Cameron Village
• North Hills

Transport

Airports

Roads

The other important roads are:

• U.S. Road 1
• US-64
• US-70
• US-264
• U.S. Road 401

Public transport

Media

Newspapers

• The News & To observe , the large daily newspaper had by McClatchy Co.
• The Raleigh Chronicle , the daily newspaper on Internet.
• The Independent Weekly , the weekly independent newspaper.
• The Raleigh Downtowner , the monthly free newspaper concentrated on the downtown area of Raleigh.
• The Raleigh Hatchet , another free monthly newspaper.

Television

• WUNC-TV (4), subsidiary of PBS.
• WRAL-TV (5), subsidiary of CBS.
• WTVD-TV (11), subsidiary of ABC.
• WNCN-TV (17), subsidiary of NBC.
• WLFL-TV (22), subsidiary of WB.
• WRDC-TV (28), subsidiary of UPN.
• WRAY-TV (30), subsidiary of HSN.
• WUVC-TV (40), subsidiary of Univision.
• WRPX-TV (47), subsidiary of Pax for Raleigh and Durham.
• WRAZ-TV (50), subsidiary of Fox.
• WFPX-TV (62), subsidiary of Pax for Fayetteville.

Future subsidiary company:

• WLFL (22), subsidiary of CW, replaces WB.
• WRDC-TV (28), subsidiary of My Network TV, bought by News Corporation, replaces UPN.

Radio

• WPTF-AM
• WRAL-FM
• WDCG-FM
• WQDR-FM
• WFXC-FM and WFXK-FM
• WQOK-FM
• WKNC

Famous residents

• Jesse Helms, former American senator

• Loy Allen Jr., pilot NASCAR
• Clay Aiken, singer
• John Edwards, lawyer and politicking
• Ron Francis, former player of the Hurricanes of the Caroline
• Justin Gatlin, athlete
• Marion Jones, athlete
• Rufus Harley, musician of Jazz
• Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the the United States
• Gregory Helms, catchers professional
• Petey Pablo, rappor
• Kristi Yamaguchi, athlete
• David Sedaris, writer
• Evan Rachel Wood , actress

Death

Évêché

• Diocese of Raleigh

• Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Raleigh

Twinnings

External bonds

• Official site of the town of Raleigh

• Wake County Real Estate Records
• The News & To observe
• Raleigh Chamber off Trade
• Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitor' S Office
• Downtown Raleigh Alliance
• Raleigh Metropolitan Area
• Use editable map off Raleigh hirings by Community Walk
• Raleigh List not-profit classifieds, jobs, movie listings, and personals for Raleigh
• Raleigh Chanel by RTP-TV videos and vent coverage off Raleigh, NC
• Raleigh blog
• Raleigh Virtual Turns
• Discover Brentwood - has Raleigh neighborhood presentation
• Raleigh Podcast

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