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Maryland is one of fifty states that, together with Washington D. C., form the United States of America. Its capital is Annapolis and its most populous city, Baltimore. It is in the Northeast region of the country, Middle Atlantic division. It limits to the north with Pensilvania, to the east with Delaware and to the south with the Potomac River that separates it of Virginia, Washington D. C. And West Virginia. With 32 133 km² it is the ninth least extensive state - ahead of Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island, the least extensive. With 180 inhab / km² it is the fifth most densely populated - behind New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

He was admitted to the Union on April 28,1788, as state number seven. He received his name in tribute to Queen Henriette Maria of France, wife of King Charles I of England. It was one of the Thirteen Colonies that rebelled against British rule in the region. The nickname of the state is Old Line State, in tribute to its "troops of line", that were several times praised by George Washington for its excellent performance in the War of Independence of the United States. The current US anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, was written by Francis Scott Key, an amateur lawyer and poet who was inspired to see US troops successfully defending an attack by British naval troops against Baltimore, at the Anglo-American War of 1812.