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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.

Yan'an City, referred to as "Yan", the prefecture-level city of Shaanxi Province, is the first mausoleum in the world-the mausoleum of the first ancestor of the Chinese nation, the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor: the site of the Yellow Emperor Mausoleum, is a sacred place for the nation, a sacred place for the Chinese revolution, and the first batch of famous national historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council. Yan'an is located in the north of Shaanxi Province, in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, in the south-central part of the Loess Plateau, and 371 kilometers north of the provincial capital Xi'an. It is connected to Yulin in the north, Xianyang, Tongchuan and Weinan in Guanzhong to the south, Linfen and Luliang in Shanxi to the east, and Qingyang in Gansu to the west. With a total area of 37037 square kilometers, it is known as "Sanqin key, five-way flap throat". Yan'an, known as Fushi and Yanzhou, is an important birthplace of the Chinese nation and the ancestor of humanities.
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