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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.

Kaiping, a county-level city administered by Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, southwest of the Pearl River Delta, and in the middle of the hometown of overseas Chinese in Wuyi, connected with Xinhui, Heshan, Taishan, Enping and Xinxing. The city has a total area of 1659 square kilometers and a registered population of about 688300 (statistics in 2017). It has jurisdiction over 2 streets, 13 towns and 1 provincial industrial transfer industrial park, with a total of 269 villages (communities). Ming home Kaiping County, because the county governance in Kaipingtun got its name. Sanbu Town of Kaiping County is divided into Changsha, Xinchang and Dihai by the Tanjiang River, which is similar to the three towns of Wuhan, so it is known as "Little Wuhan". Kaiping is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China, overseas Chinese living in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, there are about 750000 people, all distributed in 68 countries and regions. Kaiping is famous.
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