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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.

Qinshui County, which belongs to Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, is located in the southeast of Shanxi Province, northeast of Zhongtiao Mountain and the middle reaches of Qinhe River. The junction of Taihang, Taiyue and Zhongtiao mountain systems. The county is surrounded by mountains, east to Laomaling, and Yueshen Mountain to Gaoping City and Zezhou County; to the west to Dongwuling and Yicheng County; to the south to Xianweng Mountain and Shunwangping to Yangcheng and Yuanqu County; to the north to Xiangshanling, Guandiling and Yujun Mountain adjacent to Fushan, Anze and Changzi County. It is between 35 °24 degrees north latitude and 36 °04 degrees north longitude and 115 °55 degrees east longitude, with a total area of 2676.6 square kilometers. Qinshui has a long history. Since ancient times, there have been legends of Nu Kui mending the sky and Shun ploughing through the mountains. The Xiachuan site excavated in the 1970s proves that as early as 23000 to 16000 years ago, the people of Qinshui
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