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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.

Pingli County, which belongs to Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, is located between 31 °37mm in north latitude and 109 °- 109 °33' in east longitude. It is bordered by Zhuxi County in Hubei Province in the east, Chengkou County in Chongqing in the south, Langao County in Ankang City, Shaanxi Province in the west, and Ankang City, Hanbin District, Xunyang County in Shaanxi Province in the north, and at the junction of Shaanxi, Hubei and Chongqing provinces in the north. The county seat is 60 kilometers away from the central city of Ankang City and 263 kilometers away from the provincial capital Xi'an. Pingli County is the "hometown of Nu WA". With 150000 mu of ecological tea garden and 38000 mu of gynostemma pentaphyllum, Pingli County is the first county in the production of gynostemma pentaphyllum and a famous tea county in Northwest China. In 2018, Pingli County had jurisdiction over 11 towns, with a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 9.962 billion yuan, including 1.069 billion yuan for the primary industry.
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