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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.

Yongcheng, Shangqiu City, Henan Province, escrow county-level city, Yongcheng is located in the easternmost part of Henan Province, located in the junction of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, known as "the gateway to the east of Henan". Yongcheng has a total area of 2020 square kilometers and a cultivated land area of 1.8 million mu. As of 2018, Yongcheng has jurisdiction over 25 towns and 4 townships, and the municipal government is located in the north of people's Square in the middle of Dongfang Avenue. By the end of 2018, Yongcheng had a total population of 1.576 million and a resident population of 1.2388 million. Yongcheng gets its name because the city has been repeatedly beaten by water, which means "the city of eternity". During the Anti-Japanese War, it was the seat of the provincial party committee of the Henan-Anhui-Soviet Border region of the Communist Party of China during the Anti-Japanese War. In 1996, it was withdrawn from the county and set up a county-level city. In 2014, it became a river.
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