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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.

Xixiang County, which belongs to Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, is located in southern Shaanxi, eastern Hanzhong, Shiquan and Hanyin in the east, Zhenba and Tongjiang in Sichuan in the south, Lianyang County in the north, Chenggu and Nanzheng in the west, and the county covers an area of 3240 square kilometers. Xixiang is the key point of Sichuan and Shaanxi. Because of the precipitous situation in history, it is in an important strategic position and must be fought by military strategists. Xixiang has an excellent ecological environment, with Qinling in the north, Pingba Mountain in the south, Jialing to the south and the Han River to the east. The unique topography and the location of the north-south climate transition zone have nurtured and nourished extremely rich species, created an excellent environment suitable for the harmonious development of man and nature, and has been praised as "one of the most suitable places for human habitation" by the United Nations Science, Education, Culture and Health Organization. September 25, 2018, won the Ministry of Commerce "2018 e-commerce into the rural comprehensive demonstration county"
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