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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.

Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of Qinghai Province, is located in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and on the western edge of the Loess Plateau. It has a total area of 34389.89 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over three counties and one autonomous county. In 2017, it has a resident population of 283000. There are 36 sites in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture which have been announced by the people's Government of Qinghai Province. Among them, the national cultural relics protection units are Xihai County Zhilongyi City in the Western Han Dynasty; there are 11 cultural relics protection units at the provincial level; more than 40 tombs have been cleared and more than 700 cultural relics have been unearthed. This is also the place where Mr. Wang Luobin collected the style when he wrote the famous song "in that distant place". In 2017, the gross domestic product of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture was 8.291 billion yuan, down 20.3% from the previous year at comparable prices.
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