Baltimore in Maryland
Friday, 23 August 2019 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika Category/Kategorie: General
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Baltimore is the largest city in the state of
Maryland within the
United States . Baltimore was established by the
Constitution of Maryland as an
independent city in 1729. With a population of 602,495 in 2018, Baltimore is the largest such independent city in the United States. As of 2017, the population of the
Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be just under 2.802 million, making it the
21st largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore is located about 40 miles (60 km) northeast of
Washington, D.C. , making it a principal city in the
Washington-Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA) , the fourth-largest CSA in the nation, with a calculated 2018 population of 9,797,063.
Baltimore is also the second-largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic . The city’s Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States. In addition, Baltimore was a major manufacturing center. After a decline in major manufacturing, heavy industry, and restructuring of the rail industry, Baltimore has shifted to a service-oriented economy . Johns Hopkins Hospital (founded 1889) and Johns Hopkins University (founded 1876) are the city’s top two employers.
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With hundreds of identified districts, Baltimore has been dubbed a “city of neighborhoods.” Famous residents have included writers
Edgar Allan Poe ,
Edith Hamilton ,
Frederick Douglass ,
Ogden Nash , and
H. L. Mencken ; jazz musician
James “Eubie” Blake ; singer
Billie Holiday ; actor and filmmakers
John Waters and
Barry Levinson ; and baseball player
Babe Ruth . During the
War of 1812 ,
Francis Scott Key wrote “
The Star-Spangled Banner ” in Baltimore after the bombardment of
Fort McHenry . His poem was set to music and popularized as a song; in 1931 it was designated as the American national anthem.
Baltimore has more public statues and monuments per capita than any other city in the country, and is home to some of the earliest
National Register Historic Districts in the nation, including
Fell’s Point ,
Federal Hill , and
Mount Vernon . These were added to the
National Register between 1969 and 1971, soon after historic preservation legislation was passed. Nearly one third of the city’s buildings (over 65,000) are designated as historic in the National Register, which is more than any other U.S. city.
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