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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.

Liupanshui City is a prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province. Liupanshui City is located in Wumeng Mountain area of western Guizhou, with an annual average temperature of 15 ℃, an average temperature of 19.7 ℃ in summer and an average temperature of 3 ℃ in winter. With a cool, comfortable, moist, fresh climate and moderate ultraviolet radiation, it has been awarded the title of "cool capital of China" by the Chinese Meteorological Association and is the only city in the country named after its climatic characteristics. During the Spring and Autumn period, Liupanshui was a dependency of Yelang; during the warring States period, the city was a dependency of Yelang, which entered the farming era and reflected the characteristics of slave production relations due to the use of metal tools; after Qin unified China, it was a dependency of Hanyang County, Ba County. Liupanshui is located in the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, the watershed in the upper reaches of the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers, and both sides of the Nanpanjiang and Beipanjiang basins, which is rich in mineral resources. Traffic extends in all directions and is important in the southwest.
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