Greensboro, North Carolina | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:27 1 History
00:02:36 1.1 Early history
00:06:57 1.2 Civil War and last days of the Confederacy
00:09:37 1.3 Industrialization and growth
00:12:58 1.4 Civil rights movement
00:17:14 1.5 Dudley High School/A&T protests
00:18:53 1.6 Greensboro Massacre
00:20:23 2 Geography
00:21:27 2.1 Downtown area
00:22:21 2.2 Four Seasons/Coliseum area
00:24:20 2.3 Airport area
00:25:31 2.4 Climate
00:28:03 3 Demographics
00:31:36 3.1 Religion
00:32:44 4 Economy
00:33:58 4.1 Largest employers
00:34:14 4.2 Top industries
00:34:28 5 Arts
00:40:38 5.1 Attractions
00:48:00 5.2 Shopping
00:49:32 6 Sports
00:53:23 7 Government
00:53:55 7.1 City Council
00:54:31 7.2 Participatory budgeting
00:55:07 8 Education
00:55:16 8.1 Higher education
00:56:15 8.2 Secondary education
00:56:25 8.3 Public education
00:56:59 8.4 Private education
00:57:44 9 Media
00:57:53 9.1 Newspapers
00:58:41 9.2 Broadcast television
01:00:05 9.3 Radio
01:00:13 9.3.1 FM stations
01:01:09 9.3.2 AM stations
01:01:40 9.4 Documentaries
01:02:41 9.5 Local media censorship
01:03:32 10 Transportation
01:05:13 10.1 Interstate highways
01:06:32 11 Notable inhabitants
01:06:42 11.1 Animals
01:07:32 12 Sister cities
01:08:03 13 See also
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Greensboro ( (listen); formerly Greensborough) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the 3rd-most populous city in North Carolina, the 68th-most populous city in the United States, and the county seat and largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 269,666, and in 2015 the estimated population was 285,342. Three major interstate highways (Interstate 40, Interstate 85, and Interstate 73) in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city.
In 1808, Greensborough (the spelling before 1895) was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court House as the county seat. The county courts were thus placed closer to the geographical center of the county, a location more easily reached at the time by the majority of the county's citizens, who depended on horse and foot for travel.
In 2003, the previous Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was re-defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. This region was separated into the Greensboro–High Point MSA and the Winston-Salem MSA. The 2010 population for the Greensboro–High Point MSA was 723,801. The combined statistical area (CSA) of Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, popularly referred to as the Piedmont Triad, had a population of 1,599,477.
Among Greensboro's many notable attractions, some of the most popular include the Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe water park, the Greensboro Science Center, the International Civil Rights Museum, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the Greensboro Symphony, the Greensboro Ballet, Triad Stage, the Wyndham Golf Championship, the headquarters of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Greensboro Coliseum Complex which hosts various sporting events, concerts, and other events, the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic Baseball League, the Carolina Dynamo of the Premier Development Soccer League, the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League, the Greensboro Roller Derby, and the National Folk Festival.