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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.

Hua'an County (ancient Zhangzhou capital Longxi County) is located in the south of Fujian Province, northwest of Zhangzhou City, the middle reaches of the North Stream of the Jiulong River, known as & quot; North Stream Pearl-quot;. Adjacent to Zhangping, Anxi, Changtai, Yancheng, Nanjing. 150 kilometers away from Xiamen, it is one of the coastal open counties in Fujian Province. it is also the county with the largest concentration of Alpine compatriots in the mainland of the motherland. it is the largest forestry commodity production base in southern Fujian and a key forestry county in Fujian Province. Speak Hokkienese. Hua'an belongs to the "former Central Soviet area County". It is a world cultural heritage site, a national forest park, a national ecological construction demonstration county, a national key tea-producing county, a national tea characteristic county, a hometown of famous tea in China, a county with advanced scientific and technological progress, a county with advanced scientific and technological work, and a hometown of Pingshan pomelo in China.
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