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  2. Electrical contact - Wikipedia

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    An electrical contact is an electrical circuit component found in electrical switches, relays, connectors and circuit breakers. [1] Each contact is a piece of electrically conductive material, typically metal. When a pair of contacts touch, they can pass an electrical current with a certain contact resistance, dependent on surface structure ...

  3. List of municipalities in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land. North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 552 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages.

  4. List of counties in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County. Tryon County. 1768 [14] 1779 [14] Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County. For several months in 1784, Cumberland County was known as Fayette County and sent representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784 under this name.

  5. North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    North Carolina ( / ˌkærəˈlaɪnə / ⓘ 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.

  6. North Carolina State University - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .ncsu .edu. North Carolina State University ( NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) [7] is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. [8] Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. [9]

  7. List of governors of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces . There have been 69 governors of North Carolina, with six serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 75 terms. The current governor is Democrat Roy Cooper, who took office on January 1, 2017.

  8. United States District Court for the Eastern District of ...

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    www .nced .uscourts .gov. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (in case citations, E.D.N.C.) is the United States district court that serves the eastern 44 counties in North Carolina. Appeals from the Eastern District of North Carolina are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ...

  9. Cumberland County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    7th, 9th. Website. www .cumberlandcountync .gov. Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 334,728, [1] making it the fifth-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Fayetteville. [2]