Baltimore, MD

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the 30th most populous city in the United States. Baltimore is also the second-largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic. —Source

History

Baltimore was established by the Constitution of Maryland as an independent city in 1729. —Source

Geography

Baltimore is in north-central Maryland on the Patapsco River close to where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay. The city is also located on the fall line between the Piedmont Plateau and the Atlantic coastal plain, which divides Baltimore into "lower city" and "upper city". The city's elevation ranges from sea level at the harbor to 480 feet (150 m) in the northwest corner near Pimlico. According to the 2010 Census, the city has a total area of 92.1 square miles (239 km2), of which 80.9 sq mi (210 km2) is land and 11.1 sq mi (29 km2) is water. The total area is 12.1 percent water. —Source

Type

Large city

Population

602,495

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