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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.

Tongling, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province, is located in the south-central part of Anhui Province and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with Hefei to the north, Chizhou to the south, Wuhu to the east and Anqing to the west, with a total area of 3008 square kilometers. Tongling gets its name from copper and flourishes with copper. it is known as "the ancient copper capital of China and the contemporary copper base". The history of copper mining began in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, flourished in the Han and Tang dynasties, and lasted for more than 3500 years. The first furnace of copper water and the first copper ingot in New China came from Tongling. The first copper industrial base was built in Tongling, and the first copper stock was issued in Tongling. In 2018, Tongling had jurisdiction over three municipal districts and one county, with a resident population of 1.629 million, achieving a GDP of 122.24 billion yuan, of which
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