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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.

Foping County is located at the southern foot of Qinling Mountains, the north-south boundary of China's physical geography, in the northeast of Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, Ningshan County and Shiquan County, Ankang City in the east, Zhouzhi County in Xi'an City and Taibai County in Baoji City in the north, and Lianyang County in the southwest. 150 kilometers away from Hanzhong and 200 kilometers from Xi'an. In ancient times, there are Luo Locke and Meridian Road, but now there are 108 National Highway and Xihan Expressway crossing the county. The total area is 1279 square kilometers. Foping is "the hometown of giant pandas" and "the hometown of Chinese dogwood". On September 25, 2018, he won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. On September 29, 2018, the county has withdrawn from the poverty-stricken county sequence. In March 2019, it was on the list of the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization districts and counties.
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