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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.

Guangchang County, Xiazhong County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, is located in the south of Fuzhou City, at the western foot of Wuyi Mountain. It is bordered by Jianning County in Fujian Province in the east, Shicheng County in the south, Ningdu County in the west and Nanfeng County in the north. The county is 45 kilometers wide from east to west, 55 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 1612 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 6 towns, 5 townships, 1 field, 129 administrative villages and 1 provincial industrial park, with a total population of 250000. Guangchang County is the south gate of Fuzhou City and the birthplace of Fuhe River, the second largest river in Jiangxi. The county was founded in the eighth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1138). It got its name because of "Road to Fujian and Guangzhou, and the county belongs to Jianchang". Because it is rich in white lotus, it is known as "the hometown of white lotus in China". In 2016, the county's GDP reached 5.763 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7% over the same period last year. On February 23, 2018, Jiangxi Province withdrew from Guangchang County.
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