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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.

Qu County, which belongs to Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest of Dazhou City, and is connected with Guang'an, Nanchong and Bazhong landscapes. The geographical coordinates are between 106 °38 miles east longitude and 107 degrees 15 miles east, and 31 degrees 16 degrees north latitude. Quxian is located in the transitional zone between the parallel ridges and valleys in eastern Sichuan and the purple hilly region in central Sichuan, which belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate, with a total area of 2013 square kilometers. As of 2018, qu County has jurisdiction over 60 townships, with a registered population of 1.3438 million and a resident population of 1.1161 million. Qu County had human activities as early as the Neolithic Age. During the Yin and Shang dynasties, the Shang people established the national capital city in Chengba Village, Tuxi Town. In the first year of King Zhou (314 BC), Dangqu County was set up, and qu County was named in the ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1376). It also built a county.
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