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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.

Xunhua Salar Autonomous County is located in the east of Qinghai Province, the eastern section of the Qilian Mountains, bordering Jishishan County of Gansu Province and Linxia County of Gansu Province to the east, Xiahe County of Gansu Province and Tongren County of Qinghai Province to the south, Jianzha County to the west, and Hualong Hui Autonomous County and Minhe Hui Autonomous County of Qinghai Province to the north, with a total area of 2100 square kilometers. As of 2011, there are 3 towns and 6 townships in the county with a total population of 126900. Xunhua Salar Autonomous County is located on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is high in the south and low in the north, surrounded by mountains and valleys, and the air current picks up. The annual average temperature is 8.7 ℃. With the global temperature rising in the past decade, the annual average temperature is more than 9 ℃. There is no heat in summer and no cold in winter. With an average elevation of 2200 meters, it is one of the lower elevations in Qinghai Province. Mean sea in river valley area
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