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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore


00:03:03 1 History
00:03:32 1.1 Etymology
00:04:00 1.2 Before European settlement
00:05:20 1.3 Colonial period
00:08:16 1.4 Antebellum period
00:10:11 1.5 Civil war and after
00:11:05 1.6 20th century through 1968
00:13:09 1.7 1968 and after
00:14:18 1.7.1 Development and promotion
00:17:21 2 Geography
00:18:23 2.1 Cityscape
00:18:31 2.1.1 Architecture
00:22:54 2.1.2 Tallest buildings
00:23:02 2.1.3 Neighborhoods
00:23:50 2.1.3.1 Central Baltimore
00:25:14 2.1.3.2 North Baltimore
00:26:20 2.1.3.3 South Baltimore
00:27:20 2.1.3.4 Northeast Baltimore
00:28:08 2.1.3.5 East Baltimore
00:28:44 2.1.3.6 Southeast Baltimore
00:29:32 2.1.3.7 Northwest Baltimore
00:30:07 2.1.3.8 West Baltimore
00:31:12 2.1.3.9 Southwest Baltimore
00:32:21 2.2 Adjacent communities
00:32:36 2.3 Climate
00:35:30 3 Demographics
00:35:38 3.1 Population
00:37:28 3.2 Characteristics
00:38:28 3.3 Income and housing
00:39:33 3.4 Life expectancy
00:39:59 3.5 Religion
00:40:28 3.6 Languages
00:40:59 4 Crime
00:45:40 5 Economy
00:47:42 5.1 Port
00:49:26 5.2 Tourism
00:51:29 6 Culture
00:55:16 6.1 Cuisine
00:56:35 6.2 Local dialect
00:57:36 6.3 Performing arts
01:00:54 7 Sports
01:01:02 7.1 Baseball
01:03:02 7.2 Football
01:04:52 7.3 Other teams and events
01:08:05 8 Parks and recreation
01:08:52 9 Government
01:09:54 9.1 City government
01:10:02 9.1.1 Mayor
01:11:51 9.1.2 Baltimore City Council
01:12:41 9.1.3 Law enforcement
01:15:32 9.1.4 Baltimore City Fire Department
01:16:20 9.2 State government
01:17:07 9.2.1 State agencies
01:17:15 9.3 Federal government
01:18:47 10 Education
01:18:55 10.1 Colleges and universities
01:19:19 10.1.1 Private
01:19:51 10.1.2 Public
01:20:11 10.2 Primary and secondary schools
01:21:08 11 Transportation
01:21:44 11.1 Roads and highways
01:25:17 11.2 Transit systems
01:25:25 11.2.1 Public transit
01:27:28 11.2.2 Intercity rail
01:29:05 11.3 Airports
01:30:23 11.4 Pedestrians and bicycles
01:32:53 11.5 Port of Baltimore
01:35:25 12 Environment
01:35:55 12.1 Trash interceptors
01:38:03 12.2 Other water pollution control
01:38:53 13 Media
01:40:45 14 Notable people
01:40:54 15 Sister cities
01:41:16 16 See also



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Baltimore ( BAWL-tim-or) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the 30th most populous city in the United States, with a population of 602,495 in 2018 and also the largest such independent city in the country. Baltimore was established by the Constitution of Maryland as an independent city in 1729. 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 (64 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.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, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ogden Nash, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dashiell Hammett, Upton Sinclair, Tom Clancy, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and H. L. Mencken; musicians James "Eubie" Blake, Billie ...