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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.

Longzhou County, a county under the jurisdiction of Chongzuo City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, is located in the southwest of Guangxi, 200km away from Nanning, Jiangzhou District of Chongzuo City to the east, Ningming County and Pingxiang City to the south, Daxin County to the northeast, and Vietnam to the northwest. it is rich in heat, abundant rainfall and sufficient sunshine, with a total area of 2317.8 square kilometers, five towns and seven townships, with a total population of 272287 in 2017. Longzhou, an important border defense town, is a famous historical and cultural city of border trade with many years of history, with Shuikouguan in the west and Pinggeguan in the southwest. In the fifteenth year of Guang Xu (1889), Longzhou was established as a land trade port, which was the earliest trade port opened to the outside world in Guangxi. Longzhou is the revolutionary resort of Zuojiang led by Communist Party of China. On February 1, 1930, in Li Mingrui and Yu Zuoyu
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