| has gloss | eng: 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 research universities of North Carolina State University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill respectively. The eight-county region, officially named the Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA, comprises the Raleigh-Cary and Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan areas and the Dunn Micropolitan Statistical Area. A 2008 Census Estimate put the population at 1,690,557, and the region's population was over 1,700,000 as of July 2009. The Fayetteville metro is sometimes included as a part of the TV market, and has a market population of 2,741,000 when added. Students of land use and regional planning have recently begun to refer to the area as the "Cinco Circle" referencing the elliptical shape of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro-Cary area. |
