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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.

Leling, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Dezhou City, Shandong Province, is located at the junction of two provinces and four cities of Shandong and Hebei (Dezhou-Binzhou-Cangzhou-Jinan); it is part of the North China Plain, alluvial from the Yellow River and flat; there are Zhangwei River, Magee River and Dehuixin River; it is a warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons; it has 4 streets, 9 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, with a total population of 724000 in 2018. In addition, Leling is also a national intellectual property rights strong county project demonstration county (district). In 2018, the regional GDP of Leling City reached 27.962 billion yuan, an increase of 7.5% over 2017 in terms of comparable prices. On December 7, 2018, it was selected into the cultural tourism charm list of 2018 "Charming Chinatown". The second batch of water-saving society construction up to the standard county (district). ..
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