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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.

Taiqian County, under the jurisdiction of Puyang City, Henan Province, is located in the northeast of Henan Province, at the junction of Henan and Shandong provinces, with a total area of 454 square kilometers. It now has jurisdiction over 6 towns, 3 townships, 372 administrative villages, 376400 people and 270000 mu of arable land. Taiqian County is an old revolutionary base, a national key county for poverty alleviation and development, and an important part of the Pufantai comprehensive experimental area for poverty alleviation and development in the Central Plains Economic Zone. In 2012, it was named "the hometown of China's down". The geographical location is special. Taiqian County is bordered by or across the river from six counties in Shandong Province (Shenxian, Yanggu, Dongping, Liangshan, Yuncheng and Juancheng). It is 40.4 km long from east to west and 15.5 km wide from north to south. It is the northeast gateway of Henan Province. Connected to the Central Plains Economic Zone in the west and the Bohai Economic Circle in the east, Henan Province is away from Tianjin Port, Qingdao Port and Lianyun.
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