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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.

Zhenjiang, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, is an important port and scenic tourist city in the Yangtze River Delta, with a geomorphological trend of high in the west and low in the east, high in the south and low in the north, belonging to the north subtropical monsoon climate, with a total area of 3847 square kilometers. it has jurisdiction over 3 districts and 3 county-level cities; the resident population is 3.1964 million in 2018. Zhenjiang changed its name many times: it was called "Zhu Fang" in the Spring and Autumn period, "Guyang" in the warring States period, "Dantu" in the Qin Dynasty, "Jingkou" in the three Kingdoms, "South Xuzhou" in the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty, and "Runzhou" after the unification of the Sui Dynasty. The name of Zhenjiang has been changed since the Northern Song Dynasty. Zhenjiang is located in the southeast coast of China, southern Jiangsu, the center of the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta, the only confluence hub of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal; Changzhou and Wuxi to the south, Yangzhou to the north and Nanjing to the west; it is an important traffic center in East China. Within the territory
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