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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.

Zhecheng is a county under the jurisdiction of Shangqiu City, Henan Province, located in the east and southwest of Shangqiu City, the middle and lower reaches of Huiji River, connected with Suiyang District in the northeast, Ningling County and Sui County in the north, Luyi County in Zhoukou City in the south, and Taikang County in Zhoukou City in the west. As of May 2019, Zhecheng County has a total area of 1048 square kilometers, 2 offices, 10 towns and 10 townships, with a total population of 1.044 million. In 2018, the county's GDP reached 22.6 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7% over the same period last year. More than 6,000 years ago, Emperor Yandi Zhu Xiangshi was founded and buried in Zhecheng; in the Xia Dynasty, Zhecheng was called "Zhuye"; in the Shang Dynasty, it was called "Autumn Land"; in the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was one of the founding capitals of the "Sanke"; most of it belonged to the State of Chu in the warring States period. The Qin Dynasty began to buy counties, with cities with Zhe gully circulation and cross-strait
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