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Chapel Hill| Town in Orange and Durham Counties, north-central North Carolina, USA, 16 km/10 mi southwest of Durham; population (1990) 38,700. Chosen for its healthy elevation (over 152 m/500 ft), it is the seat of the University of North Carolina's main campus (1795), and together with adjoining Carrboro forms a university community with scientific and technological research centres, but no heavy industry. Corn and tobacco are raised in the surrounding Piedmont. |
| Founded in 1792, it was named after New Hope Chapel, which once stood at the centre of the hill settlement. |
| The Research Triangle lies 14 km/9 mi to the east. |
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