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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.

Yunnan Province, or Yunnan for short, is one of the 23 provinces in China, located in the southwest and the capital of Kunming. Bounded by 21 °8 degrees north latitude, 29 °15 degrees north latitude, 97 °31 degrees east longitude, 106 °11 degrees east longitude, Guizhou and Guangxi in the east, Sichuan in the north, Tibet in the northwest, Myanmar in the west, Laos and Vietnam in the south, Yunnan Province has a total area of 394100 square kilometers. The topography of Yunnan Province is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, descending step by step from north to south, which belongs to the mountainous plateau topography, and the mountain area accounts for 88.64% of the total area of the province. The topography is bounded by the wide valleys of Yuanjiang Valley and the southern section of Yunling Mountains, and is divided into east and west topographic areas. The eastern part is the plateau of eastern and central Yunnan, which is part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, characterized by gently undulating low mountains and round hills.
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