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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.

Changqiao District, which belongs to Suzhou City, Anhui Province, is located in the northeast of Anhui Province, bordering the three provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan. It was renamed from the former county-level Suzhou City in 1999. It is the only municipal district of Suzhou City, with a total area of 2868 square kilometers. Yuanqiao has a long history, it was the fief of the ancient "Sui Kingdom" in the Spring and Autumn period, and it was already a "gathering place of boats and cars and a thoroughfare in Kyushu" in the Qin and Han dynasties. After the opening of the "Tongji Canal" in the Sui Dynasty, it became a military town of "strangling and controlling the Huaihe River". Confucius practiced Zhou Li here; Min Ziqian, a high apprentice of Confucius and a sage of the Chinese nation, was born here; Bai Juyi grew up here until he became famous in Changan; Wang Ji, Han Yu, Su Shi, Yuan Mei and others left splendid poems; modern and modern cultural celebrities such as Mei Chunyi, Li Bairen, Yang Zaibao, Li Bingshu, and so on. This is the old uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Daze Township.
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