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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.

Zhidan County, which belongs to Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the hilly and gully region of the Loess Plateau in the north of Shaanxi Province, connected with Ansai in the east, Wuqi County and Jingbian County in the northwest, Ganquan County and Fuxian County in the southeast, and Heshui County and Huachi County in Gansu Province in the southwest. Between longitude 108o 11mm 56 "- 109o 3m 48" east and latitude 36o 21m 23 "- 37o 11m 47" north, with a total area of 3781 square km. Zhidan County, formerly known as Baoan County, was renamed Zhidan County in June of 1936 in memory of General Liu Zhidan, a "mass leader and national hero". In July of the 25th year of the people's Republic of China (1936), the Central people's Government of the Chinese Soviet Union held the capital Zhidan. The CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao fought and lived here for more than six months, known as the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
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