Durham

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The U.S. Statistics Bureau evaluated the city's populace to be 251,893 starting at July 1, 2014, making it the fourth most crowded city in North Carolina, and the 78th-most crowded city in the United States. It is the home of Duke University and North Carolina Central University, and is additionally one of the vertices of the Research Triangle areaDurham is situated in the east-focal piece of the Piedmont locale at 35°59′19″N 78°54′26″W . Like a significant part of the district, its geology is for the most part level with some moving slopes.The city has an aggregate zone of 108.3 square miles , of which 107.4 square miles is arrive and 0.93 square miles, or 0.84%, is water.The dirt is overwhelmingly earth, making it poor for agribusiness.