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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.

Xichou County, a county under the jurisdiction of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, is located in the southeast of Yunnan Province, south-central of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture; the terrain rises from the middle to the west and is lower in the southeast; it belongs to the subtropical low-latitude mountain monsoon climate zone; the total area is 1506 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 2 towns and 7 townships; in 2017, the resident population is 263000, including 5 ethnic minorities. Xichou County has the Mausoleum of Martyrs in Southern Xinjiang, as well as Xiaoqiaogou Provincial Nature Reserve, Xiangping Mountain rare Botanical Garden, Lion Rock Cliff painting, and Xisa Immortal Cave Paleolithic sites. On September 25, 2018, he won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. On April 30, 2019, the people's Government of Yunnan Province decided that Xichou County would withdraw from the sequence of poor counties. 2017
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