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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.

Dangtu County, which belongs to Maanshan City, Anhui Province, is located in the east of Anhui Province and the east bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is bordered by Bowang District and Shijiu Lake to the east, Lishui District and Gaochun District in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province to the east, the Yangtze River to the west, across the river to Hexian County, Wuhu County and Xuancheng City to the south, and Yushan District to the north. Dangtu County has a history of more than 2200 years. Danyang County was established in the Qin Dynasty, and it was named Dangtu in the ninth year of Sui Kaihuang (589). In history, the county seat was the seat of Taiping Prefecture in Song Dynasty, Taiping Mansion in Ming and Qing dynasties, Yangtze River navigator in Qing Dynasty and Anhui Science and Government Office. Since the Qin Dynasty, it has attracted more than 600 poets to leave more than 1000 popular poems here. Xie Kui, a great poet of the Southern Dynasty, called it "the capital of mountains and rivers". The poem fairy Li Bai visited Dangtu seven times and wrote 56 unique poems such as "Wangtianmen Mountain".
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