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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.

Yunfu City is located in the central and western part of Guangdong Province, south of the middle reaches of the Xijiang River, adjacent to the Pearl River Delta, bordering Zhaoqing, Foshan, Jiangmen, Yangjiang, Maoming and Wuzhou, Guangxi. The urban area is more than 140 kilometers away from the provincial capital Guangzhou and 177 nautical miles away from Hong Kong by waterway. In April 1994, a prefecture-level city was established, under the jurisdiction of Yuncheng District, Yunan District, Xinxing County and Yunan County, in charge of Luoding City. Yunfu is one of the cities in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration and an important node city in the Pearl River-Xijiang Economic Belt. Yunfu is rich in mineral resources. Yunfu is one of the important polymetallic mineralization concentration areas in China, in which the reserves and grade of pyrite rank first in the world and are known as the "sulfur capital". It is the largest production base of sulfur chemical industry in China and the largest production base of stainless steel tableware in Guangdong Province. Stone processing has a long history and is known as the "stone capital". Yunfu is the center of China's stone base.
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