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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.

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, the only autonomous prefecture in Jilin Province, is the capital of Yanji City. Located in the border between China and North Korea in the east of Jilin Province in northeast China, the whole terrain is high in the west and low in the east, tilting from the southwest, northwest and northeast to the southeast, located in the mid-temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere, belonging to the mid-temperate humid monsoon climate. The state has a total area of 43300 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 6 cities and 2 counties with a population of 2.1014 million in 2017. Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture has 11 ports to North Korea and Russia, and the port cargo volume accounts for more than 90% of Jilin Province; there is an international airport with direct flights to first-tier cities in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and countries around the Sea of Japan. The Tumen River is the only waterway for China's inland to enter the Sea of Japan. Yanbian is China's only Korean autonomous prefecture and the largest Korean-inhabited area, accounting for 42. 5% of China's Korean population.
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