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Baltimore (/ˈbɔːltɪmɔːr/ BAWL-tim-or, locally: /bɔːldəˈmɔːr/ bawl-da-MOR or /ˈbɔːlmər/ BAWL-mər) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland[a] in 1851, and today is the most populous independent city in the United States. As of 2021, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be 2,838,327, making it the 20th largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore is located about 40 miles (64 km) north northeast of Washington, D.C., making it a principal city in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA), the third-largest CSA in the nation, with a 2021 estimated population of 9,946,526.

Prior to European colonization, the Baltimore region was used as hunting grounds by the Susquehannock Native Americans, who were primarily settled further northwest than where the city was later built. Colonists from the Province of Maryland established the Port of Baltimore in 1706 to support the tobacco trade with Europe, and established the Town of Baltimore in 1729. The first printing press and newspapers were introduced to Baltimore by Nicholas Hasselbach and William Goddard respectively, in the mid-18th century.

The Battle of Baltimore was a pivotal engagement during the War of 1812, culminating in the failed British bombardment of Fort McHenry, during which Francis Scott Key wrote a poem that would become "The Star-Spangled Banner", which was eventually designated as the American national anthem in 1931. During the Pratt Street Riot of 1861, the city was the site of some of the earliest violence associated with the American Civil War.

Anhui, abbreviated as "Anhui", named after the first words of Anqing and Huizhou at that time, is a provincial administrative region of the people's Republic of China. Hefei, the provincial capital. Located in East China, Anhui is bounded by 114o 54km east longitude, 119o 37km east longitude and 29o 41mm north latitude, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the east, Henan and Hubei provinces in the west, Jiangxi province in the south, Shandong province in the north, and Anhui province covering a total area of 140100 square kilometers. Anhui Province is located in East China, near the Yangtze River, with 800 miles of urban agglomeration along the Yangtze River and the Wanjiang Economic Belt, with the Yangtze River waterway inside and the economic radiation of the coastal areas on the outside. The terrain is composed of plains, hills and mountains; it spans the three major river systems of the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River. Anhui Province is located in the transitional zone between warm temperate zone and subtropical zone. The north of the Huaihe River has a warm temperate semi-humid monsoon climate.
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