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North Carolina ( KARR -ə-LY -nə ) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States . It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west. The state is the 28th-largest and 9th-most populous of the United States . Along with South Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast . At the 2020 census , the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its most populous city . The Charlotte metropolitan area , with an estimated population of 2,805,115 in 2023, is the most populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 22nd-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Research Triangle , with an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023, is the second-most populous combined metropolitan area in the state, 31st-most populous in the United States, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park .
The earliest evidence of human occupation in North Carolina dates back 10,000 years, found at the Hardaway Site . North Carolina was inhabited by Carolina Algonquian , Iroquoian , and Siouan speaking tribes of Native Americans prior to the arrival of Europeans. King Charles II granted eight lord proprietors a colony they named Carolina after the king and which was established in 1670 with the first permanent settlement at Charles Town (Charleston). Because of the difficulty of governing the entire colony from Charles Town, the colony was eventually divided and North Carolina was established as a royal colony in 1729 and was one of the Thirteen Colonies . The Halifax Resolves resolution adopted by North Carolina on April 12, 1776, was the first formal call for independence from Great Britain among the American Colonies during the American Revolution .
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the United States Constitution . In the run-up to the American Civil War , North Carolina reluctantly declared its secession from the Union on May 20, 1861, becoming the tenth of eleven states to join the Confederate States of America . Following the Civil War, the state was restored to the Union on July 4, 1868. On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully piloted the world's first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina's Outer Banks . North Carolina often uses the slogan "First in Flight" on state license plates to commemorate this achievement, alongside a newer alternative design bearing the slogan "First in Freedom" in reference to the Mecklenburg Declaration and Halifax Resolves. (Full article... )
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The Cape Fear shiner (Notropis mekistocholas ) is a North American species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae . It is endemic to the central part of the state of North Carolina in the southeastern United States , and is only found in the shallow streams of the Cape Fear River basin. The fish is small and yellow with black lips and a black stripe that runs down the middle of the fish's side. This shiner is normally found in mixed schools with other minnow species. It is unique amongst its genus because it has elongated intestines that are specifically adapted to a primarily herbivorous diet. It can breed twice a year and normally lives for only two or three years in the wild. The males and females are normally similar in appearance but become different colors in the spawning season. This species of shiner was not discovered until 1962.
As of 2013, the shiner is
endangered , according to the
International Union for Conservation of Nature , due to its small population size and
threats to its habitat from
dam construction and pollution. It was previously listed as critically endangered by the IUCN in 1996. The species has since undergone a successful captive breeding program, and its status has been a significant factor in the destruction of
a dam that destroyed part of the shiner's habitat. However, the species is still limited to just five populations in the wild, and some experts
[who? ] believe that a single toxic chemical spill into the Cape Fear River could wipe out the entire wild population. (
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The University of North Carolina is the public university system for the state of North Carolina . Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics , it is commonly referred to as the UNC System to differentiate it from its first campus, UNC-Chapel Hill .
The university system has a total enrollment of 244,507 students as of fall 2021. UNC campuses conferred 62,930 degrees in 2020–2021, the bulk of which were at the bachelor's level, with 44,309 degrees awarded. In 2008, the UNC System conferred over 75% of all baccalaureate degrees in North Carolina. (
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The following are images from various North Carolina-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Sir Walter Raleigh , sponsor of the
Roanoke Colony , and namesake of the capital city of North Carolina,
Raleigh (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 2 Map of the coast of
Virginia and North Carolina, drawn 1585–86 by
Theodor de Bry , based on map by
John White of the
Roanoke Colony (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 4 First successful flight of the
Wright Flyer , near
Kitty Hawk , 1903 (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 5 Map of the roads and railroads of North Carolina, 1854 (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 6 Artists conception of
Town Creek Indian Mound during the late Town Creek-early Leak phases circa 1350 CE (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 7 Union captures
Fort Fisher , 1865 (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 9 Commercial Airports in North Carolina (from
Transportation in North Carolina )
Image 10 Bennett Place , historic site of major Confederate surrender in
Durham (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 11 1st Maryland Regiment holding the line at the
Battle of Guilford Courthouse , 1781 (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 12 Reconstructed royal governor's mansion,
Tryon Palace , in
New Bern (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 15 North Carolina is named after
King Charles I of England . Carolina is taken from the
Latin word for "Charles",
Carolus . (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 16 A map showing the proposed route of the
de Soto Expedition, based on the 1997
Charles Hudson map (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 17 Map of North America by
Vesconte Maggiolo after an earlier map made on the Verrazzano expedition of 1524. The narrow isthmus of land separating "Tera Florida" from "Francesca" is the
Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Cape Fear is labeled "C. de la Forest". (from
History of North Carolina )
Image 19 Ceremony of
Secotan warriors in North Carolina. Watercolour by English colonist
John White , 1585 (from
History of North Carolina )
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