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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.

Dechang County, which belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, lies between 101o54-#39;-102 °29-#39;, north latitude 27 °05-#39;-27 °36-#39;, covering an area of 2284 square kilometers. It is located in the Anning River Valley, the eastern edge of the Kangzang-Tibet Plateau in the Hengduan Mountains, adjoining Huili and Miyi County in the south, Yalong River and Yanyuan County in the west, Xichang City in the north, Luoji Mountain ridge and Puge County in the east, and Ningnan County in the southeast, with a total area of 2288 square kilometers. Dechang system has a history of more than 2000 years, and it is the necessary place of the southern Silk Road "reaching Beijing in the north and Mengzhao in Nantong". It contains rich "Phoenix culture", "nine palaces and eighteen temples", Buddhism and Taoism culture, Lisu people.
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