What is Carolinas?
{{Infobox settlement | name = The Carolinas | settlement_type = Region | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Carolinas.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|34|48|17|N|79|40|31|W|type:adm2nd_region:US|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{nowrap|{{flagu|United States of America}}}} | subdivision_type1 = States | subdivision_name1 = {{nowrap|{{flag|North Carolina}}}}<br />{{nowrap|{{flag|South Carolina}}}} | established_title = [[British colonization of the Americas|Colonized]] as [[Province of Carolina|Province<br />of Carolina]] | established_date = <br />1663 | government_footnotes = | unit_pref = US | area_footnotes = | area_total_sq_mi = 85,839 | area_land_sq_mi = 78,804 | area_water_sq_mi = 7,025 | area_water_percent = 8.2 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = | subdivision_type3 = Principal cities | subdivision_name3 = &nbsp;- [[Charleston, South Carolina]]<br />&nbsp;- [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]<br />&nbsp;- [[Columbia, South Carolina]]<br />&nbsp;- [[Durham, North Carolina]]<br />&nbsp;- [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]<br />&nbsp;- [[Greenville, South Carolina]]<br />&nbsp;- [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]<br />&nbsp;- [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdiv