State (North Carolina; 136,413 km 2 with 9,061,032 inhabitants in 2007; density 65 inhabitants per km 2) of the USA. It borders Virginia to the N, Tennessee to the West, South Carolina to the south and borders the Atlantic to the east Capital Raleigh. The western section belongs to the Appalachian system, with some of the highest peaks in the eastern USA (Mount Mitchell, 2037 m). Piedmont follows towards the east, continued by the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The climate is humid subtropical on the coast and continental in the interior, with abundant rainfall everywhere. Notable agricultural productions of tobacco, cotton, fruit and vegetables and cereals. Breeding and forestry are also important. Alongside the traditional textile, tobacco processing, electromechanical and food industries, it has the largest concentration of high-tech businesses in the South between Durham and Raleigh. There is an intense tourist movement. In addition to the capital,
According to abbreviationfinder, North Carolina was part of an English colony subsequently divided (1729) into two parts, corresponding to the two current states (North Carolina and South Carolina). In 1789 it became the 12th State of the Union, from which it left in 1860, formulating, with six other secessionist states, a provisional statute for the “Confederate States of America” (1861). Between 1861 and 1865 he took an active part in the war of secession. In 1868 she was readmitted to the Union.
According to countryaah, North Carolina has the following main cities:
Raleigh
Capital of the state of North Carolina (United States), capital of Wake County, located at 96 meters above sea level in the upper basin of the Neuse River, which flows into Pamlico Sound. Founded in 1792 to be the seat of government, Raleigh, named in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, has a warm temperate climate with annual averages of 15 °, 5 °, warm winters (5 ° in January), hot summers (26 °, 1 in July), with very accentuated absolute minimums and maximums; abundant rainfall, equal to 1250 mm. yearly, with prevalence in the summer period; winds of southwest prevail. The city had 669 inhabitants in 1800, 4514 in 1850, 13,643 in 1900, 24,418 in 1920, 37,379 in 1930. Indigenous whites born to foreign parents represent 59%, very few whites born abroad; very numerous, on the other hand, are Negroes (33.6%). The city is located in a district of flourishing agriculture and is an active commercial and industrial center: in 1930 16,016 people were employed in various activities, of which 3205 in industries and crafts, 4400 in transport and commerce. The number of workers employed in large industries in 1919 was 1319. Raleigh is important for the cotton and tobacco trade; it is an important railway hub, served by the Norfolk Southern lines, Seabord Air Line, Southern Railways; it has important public buildings, numerous institutes of middle and higher education, including the Sacred Heart Academy, Shaw University, founded in 1865, the Saint Augustine School, the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, founded in 1887; numerous and rich libraries.
Charlotte
City of the USA, in North Carolina, with 134,042 inhab. (1950); it had touched 100,000 inhab. in 1930 and since then its increase has been modest compared to other cities in the United States. It is located at an altitude of 250 m, on the extreme slopes of the Allegani Mountains in the midst of tobacco plantations, the main product of the region. C. is a station on the Washington to Greensboro to Savannah railroad station and a railroad terminus to Atlanta. But it also has importance as a major motorway junction.
Greensboro
City of North Carolina (United States), capital of Guilford County, was founded in 1808: it is famous for the battle of the Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781, which took place a few kilometers NW. of the center, which was named after General N. Greene (1742-1786), the hero of the battle. It had a very notable demographic increase: 3317 inhab. in 1890 they rose to 10,035 in 1900, to 19,861 in 1920, to 53,569 in 1930; abundant is the element of color (26% in 1930). It is a notable industrial and study center and is also important as a railway junction and as an aviation center.
