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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.

Luchun County is under the jurisdiction of Honghe Prefecture. Formerly known as "six villages", when the county was founded in 1958, Zhou Enlai personally named it Lvchun according to the characteristics of "green mountains and green waters, like spring all the year round". Luchun County is located in the south of Yunnan Province, in the southwest of Honghe Prefecture, bordering Yuanyang and Jinping counties in the east, Honghe County in the north, Mojiang County in the northwest, Lixianjiang County and Jiangcheng County in the southwest, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the southeast. It is 312 kilometers away from the estuary border port and 132 kilometers away from the Jinshui River port. The provincial highway S214 passes through the county seat. By the end of 2012, Luchun County covers an area of 3096 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over one town and eight townships; the registered population is 233249, and the population of ethnic minorities is 230161, accounting for 98.7% of the registered population.
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