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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.

Dazhou, a prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, is located in the east of Sichuan Province. it has a history of more than 1900 years since the establishment of the county in the Eastern Han Dynasty. With an area of 16591 square kilometers, Dazhou has jurisdiction over 2 municipal districts, 4 counties and 1 county-level city, plus a high-tech zone with a total population of 6.9 million (as of December 2018, the population of the central district of Dazhou was 1.025 million). Dazhou is a populous city, an agricultural city, a resource-rich city, an industrial town, a transportation hub and an old revolutionary base in Sichuan Province. Luojiaba site and Chengba site in Dazhou are the birthplace of the ancient Ba people and Ba Culture Center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is the center of Baqu culture in Sichuan, one of the three major gas fields in the country and the starting point of the national "Sichuan gas transmission from east". It is a comprehensive national natural gas.
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