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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.

Huating City, which belongs to Pingliang City, Gansu Province, is located in the eastern part of Gansu Province. It is located at the confluence of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces (regions). Huating Town was set up in the second year of the Northern Wei, Jin and Tai dynasties (532). It is named after the Huajian Pavilion at the foot of Huangfu Mountain. It has jurisdiction over 1 street, 7 towns, 3 townships, 101 administrative villages and 27 communities, with a total area of 1183 square kilometers and a permanent population of 197000 in 2017. Huating, known as the "porcelain capital of coal city", is the necessary place of the ancient Silk Road, the core area and industrial town of the integrated industrial development of coal, power, chemical and transportation in Gansu Province. it is one of the thirteen coal production bases and one of the three major coal production bases in Northwest China. it is also an important energy supply and freight distribution base in Longdong. Huating Quzi Opera is the first batch of intangible cultural heritage in China, Ankou Town in the Ming Dynasty.
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