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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.

Qinggang County belongs to Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, located in the central and southern part of Heilongjiang Province, the hinterland of Songnen Plain. It is 120 kilometers away from the provincial capital Harbin in the south, 90 kilometers from the oil city Daqing in the west, across the Tongken River from Hailun City and Wangkui County in the east, 88 kilometers away from Suihua City and Heihe City in the north. Qinggang County covers an area of 2685 square kilometers, with a total of 2.56 million mu of cultivated land, 616500 mu of grassland and 620000 mu of woodland. Qinggang County belongs to the mid-temperate continental monsoon climate. Dry and windy in spring, warm and rainy in summer, cool and dry in autumn, cold and little snow in winter, four distinct seasons, frost-free period of about 130 days throughout the year. In 2018, the GDP of Qinggang County reached 7.45 billion yuan, an increase of 5% over the same period last year.
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