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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.

Zezhou County, which belongs to Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, was originally a suburb of Jincheng City, but it was changed to its present name in 1996. Located in the southeastern tip of Shanxi Province, the southernmost part of Taihang Mountain, the intersection of Shanxi and Henan provinces, since ancient times is the key point of Sanjintong to the Central Plains, known as "Hedong Pinghan, southern Hebei Xiong Town". Zezhou County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, surrounds the urban area of Jincheng City, adjacent to Gaoping City, Jincheng City in the north, Lingchuan County, Jincheng City in the east, Yangcheng and Qinshui County in Jincheng City in the west, and Jiyuan and Jiaozuo in Henan Province in the south. It is 62.75km wide from east to west and 58.85km from north to south, with a total area of 2023 square kilometers and an area of 725000 mu of cultivated land, accounting for about 1.2 per cent of the total area of Shanxi. It has jurisdiction over 14 towns, 3 townships, 633 administrative villages, 140000 households and 526000 people (2008), of which the agricultural population is 45.
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