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RESEARCH TRIANGLE EVENTS
BACKGROUND
The Research Triangle
, commonly referred to as simply
The Triangle
, is a region in the
Piedmont
of
North Carolina
in the United States, anchored by the cities of
Raleigh
,
Durham
, and
Chapel Hill
. The eight-county region, officially named the Raleigh-Durham-Cary
CSA
, comprises two Metropolitan and one Micropolitan Statistical Area:
Raleigh-Cary
and
Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area
. The region's population was 1,314,589 at the
2000 census
.
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The research universities of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
,
North Carolina State University
, and
Duke University
are located in this region. The "Triangle" name was cemented in the public consciousness in the 1950s with the creation of
Research Triangle Park
, home to numerous high-tech companies and enterprises.
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