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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.

Jingxian County, which belongs to Hengshui City, Hebei Province, is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, east of Hengshui City, close to Dezhou City, Shandong Province, the west bank of the Grand Canal, and is located in the economic development area around Beijing and Tianjin, around the Bohai Sea, and the triangle economic center of Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang and Jinan, with a total area of 1183 square kilometers and 1.25 million mu of arable land. It is a "Nanfang" economic region for Hebei Province to implement the strategy of "one line and two carriages" in the Eleventh five-year Plan. Since 2007, Jingxian has been named as "China Rubber and plastic Pipe Industry Base", "China Iron Tower Manufacturing Base" and "China forklift fork Manufacturing Base" by relevant national industry associations. In 2013, there were 3 national key cultural relics protection units in Jingxian County (Jingzhou Shili Pagoda, Feng's Tomb Group, Gao's Tomb Group) and 1 provincial key cultural relics protection unit (Zhou Yafu Tomb).
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