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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.

Heilongjiang Province, referred to as "black", the provincial capital Harbin, is the northernmost and easternmost provincial administrative region in China, with a total area of 473000 square kilometers. The geomorphological feature of Heilongjiang Province is "five mountains, one water and one grass". The terrain is generally high in the northwest, north and southeast, and low in the northeast and southwest, which is composed of mountains, platforms, plains and water surfaces; the land spans the four major river systems of Heilongjiang, Wusuli River, Songhua River and Suifenhe, belonging to cold temperate and temperate continental monsoon climate. Heilongjiang Province, located in the hinterland of Northeast Asia, is an important passage from Asia and the Pacific to Russia and the European continent, and an important window for China to open along the border. As of August 2019, Heilongjiang Province had jurisdiction over 12 prefecture-level cities and 1 district; there were 54 municipal districts, 21 county-level cities, 45 counties,
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