Maryland

Maryland
flag	coat of arms/seal
other Federal States
base data
pointed name:	Old LINE State; Free State
capital:	Annapolis
largest city:	Baltimore
surface
rank (within the USA):	42
altogether:	32,160 km ²
country:	25,338 km ²
water (%):	6,968 km ² (21%)
inhabitant
rank (within the USA):	19
Altogether (2000):	5.296.486
density:	165/km ²
member state
place:	7
since:	28. April 1788
geography
time belt:	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
degree of latitude:	37°53'N to 39°43'N
degree of longitude:	75°4'W to 79°33'W
broad:	145 km
length:	400 km
highest situation:	1,024 m
average situation:	105 m
deepest situation:	0 m
politics
governor:	Robert L. Honestly
abbreviations
postal:	MD
officially:
ISO 3166-2:	US-MD

Maryland is a Federal State of the USA at the Atlantic coast. Its capital since 1694 is Annapolis.

Table of contents 1 geography 2 history 3 Politics 4 population of 5 cities and numbers of inhabitants 6 economics 7 objects of interest 8 famous personalities 9 other 10 Web on the left of

geography

Maryland lie in the center of the east coast. To the Chesapeake Bay cutting deeply in the country lie important ports, like Baltimoreand Annapolis, seat of the naval academy of the USA is. The bay was long time of one of the most productive Fischgründe of the world, but the overfishing and water pollution let the legendary oyster banks disappear nearly perfectly. In the relatively small state the extremes close lie together: Here the metropolisBaltimore, there the remote hills of the Appalachen and at the coast of contemplative fishing villages.

history

lord Baltimore, which received 1632 for the country a management concession, designated the excessive quantity after the area after queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of the English king Karl I.

To 25. March 1634 the first settlers in the area established themselves. Maryland was the only catholic one under the otherwise strictly Protestant British colonies in North America. The Maryland tolerance document was one of the first laws, that expressly different (Christian) consequently denominations would tolerate and appliesas forerunners of the 1. Amendments.

The famous Mason Dixon line, at the same time the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, was drawn there into the 1760er - year, in order to smooth Zwistigkeiten between the families Penn and Calvert. Originally the royal Charter had - due to an incorrect map -Maryland the Potomac River and the territory north 40. Degree of latitude awarded, whereby calculated Philadelphia, which would have belonged largest city Pennsylvanias, to Maryland. Thereupon the dominant families Marylands and Pennsylvanias, Calvert and Penn, the geo meters , assigned Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon alsomeasuring a new valid border. Late line designated after them also the traditional and gladly quoted demarcation between the north and Southern States in such a way specified became. 1788 detached itself Maryland as one of the first 13 colonies of the motherland. The American capital Washington D.C. developed for separated district in one for this purpose from Maryland. In the war of 1812 Maryland became theater of war, when the British sought to win in vain new access to the colonies. The British troops failed with the destruction of the dockyard and the income of the city Baltimore due to the persistent resistance of a port attachment. Embittered combat inspired the eye-witness Francis Scott key to writing the The star Spangled banner, which became the text of the American national anthem. During the war of secession Maryland remained to a large extent neutral. As itself it drew that it itself due to thatOf the union, did not refer one would not loose-say precautions of the north Maryland into the Emanzipationsproklamation . Still here the slavery prevailed to years after end of the civil war.

politics

for the moment officiate to Robert L. Honestly as a governor (republican, until January2007). The Senatorin Barbara A. Mikulski (democrat, until January. 2007) and her colleague Paul S. Sarbanes (democrat, until January. 2007) represent the interests Marylands in Washington.

• Population in Maryland 5.508.909 inhabitants

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von Maryland [work on], on it 62,1% white ones (under it 15.7% with German ancestors), 27.9% black and Afro American, 4.3% Hispanics, 4.0% Asian, 0.3% Indian.

The Pro-Kopf-Einkommen 2002 amounted to 32,680 US Dollar.

cities and numbers of inhabitants

• inhabitant: 5.386.079
• gross national product per head: $ of 35,279

largest cities(Inhabitant 1. July 2004)

• Baltimore - 636,251
• Gaithersburg - 58,091
• Rockville - 57,100
• Frederick - 57,009
• Bowie - 53,840
• Hagerstown - 37,536
• Annapolis - 36,217
• Salisbury - 26,148
• college park - 25,350
• Greenbelt - 22,176
• Laurel - 21,048
• Cumberland - 20,957

• list of the cities inMaryland
• list of the Countys in Maryland

economics

agrarian sector: Sea fruits, fish, poultry and eggs, dairy products, cattle, soy beans and grain. Industry: Electrical article, medical technology, biotechnology foodstuffs industry, chemistry product, printering and publishing houses, mechanical engineering, coal, tourism.

objects of interest

• Chesapeake Bay with all its advantages to sails, fishing rods and other water haven possibilities
• Baltimore
• Blackwater Naturreservat
• “Preakness Stakes”, famous horse running in Baltimore
• Antietam national Battlefield (memorial place of the bloodiest battle of the war of secession)
• Frederick
• pc. Michels - pictorial port
• Ocean town center,10 miles long Atlantic beach and Rummelplatz, particularly overcrowded during jump BREAK
• Assateaque Iceland national Seashore - protected area with unaffected beaches and march landscapes
• away the Meade (seat that national Security Agency)
• Annapolis (main and port, naval academy)

famous personalities

• Spiro Theodore Agnew,Vice-president, Baltimore
• tonuses Braxton, singer, Anne Arundel Cty
• John Wilkes Booth, actor, assassin of Lincoln, Harford County
• James M. Cain, writer, Annapolis
• Charles Carroll, politician, Annapolis
• Philip Glass, composer, Baltimore
• Linda Harrison, actress and photo model
• Billie Holiday, jazz andBluessängerin, Baltimore
• John Hopkins, Finanzmagnat, Anne Arundel Cty
• Francis Scott key, attorney, poet, Carroll Cty
• Barry Levinson, director and producer, Baltimore
• Benji Madden, musician the volumes Good Charlotte, Charles Cty
• Joel Madden, musician and singer the volumes Good Charlotte, Charles Cty
• Thurgood marshal, lawyer, Baltimore
• Babe Ruth, baseball player, Baltimore
• Upton Sinclair, author, Baltimore
• Leon Uris, writer, Baltimore
• John Waters, director, Baltimore
• franc Zappa, singer and producer, Baltimore
• David Hasselhoff, singer and actor, Baltimore
• Len bias,Basketball player, Hyattsville

other

• state flag: (see above) this contains the coats of arms of the families Calvert and CROSS country. The establishment father of the State of, the second lord Baltimore, was called actually Cecil Calvert. The black-golden coat of arms belongs to the family Calvert. The red-white Insignien standsfor the family CROSS country.
• State slogan: “Fatti maschii slogan femine”, in a general manner = strong hero acts, gentle statements.
• Hymn: “Maryland, My Maryland.” The melody of the hymn comes from the German song “O fir tree “.
• State bird: Baltimoretrupial (Icterus galbula)

Web on the left of

• Official homepage of the government Marylands
• official homepage of the State of
• tourism authority
• commercial tourism center