Piedmont Triad

Piedmont Triad
Images from top to bottom Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point
Nickname(s):  The Triad, PT, The 336
Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC CSA   Greensboro–High Point MSA   Winston-Salem MSA   Burlington MSA   Mount Airy µSA   City of Greensboro   City of Winston-Salem   City of High Point   City of Burlington
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Largest city	Greensboro
Counties	Alamance Caswell Davidson Davie Forsyth Guilford Montgomery Randolph Rockingham Stokes Surry Yadkin
Area
• Land	15,420 km2 (5,954 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,705,315
GDP [1][2]
• MSA	$89.968 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes	336, 443

The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the United States and forms the basis of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area (CSA). As of 2012, the Piedmont Triad has an estimated population of 1,611,243 making it the 33rd largest combined statistical area in the United States.^[3]

The metropolitan area is connected by Interstates 40, 85, 73, and 74 and is served by the Piedmont Triad International Airport. Long known as one of the primary manufacturing and transportation hubs of the southeastern United States, the Triad is also an important educational, healthcare, and cultural region and occupies a prominent place in the history of the American Civil Rights Movement.^[4]

The Piedmont Triad is sometimes confused with the Research Triangle, an adjacent urbanized region of North Carolina that includes the cities of Raleigh, Durham and the town of Chapel Hill, among others. Both of them are part of the Piedmont Crescent, a heavily urbanized region of the state that includes the city of Charlotte.