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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.

Xiangtan County is located in the north of Nanyue Hengshan Mountain, the west bank of the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River, the northern section of the Changheng Hilly Basin, between latitude 27 °20 mi 28 °05 'north and longitude 112 °25 mi 113 °03' east, Zhuzhou City and Dengkou District in the east, Hengdong County, Hengshan County and Shuangfeng County in the south, Xiangxiang City and Shaoshan City in the west, and Xiangtan City in the north. Under the jurisdiction of 15 towns, 4 townships, a total of 645 administrative villages, 14 neighborhood committees, 14 community neighborhood committees. In 2015, according to Xiangtan County township division adjustment plan, the adjustment under the jurisdiction of 3 townships and 14 towns. Xiangtan County, known as the Pearl of Central Hunan, is the hometown of Xianglian in China and the birthplace of Huxiang culture. The whole county belongs to the comprehensive reform pilot area of resource-saving and environment-friendly society (that is, national "two-oriented society") of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration.
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