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Maryland is one of the 50 states in the United States, and is located at the center of the East Coast. It is made up of four main regions: the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, Western Maryland, Southern Maryland, and the Eastern Shore. Its varied terrain, ranging from the mountains in the west to the flat plains of the Eastern Shore, gives it the nickname "America in Miniature".
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- ...that the Seal of Maryland (both sides pictured) is one of the few state seals to be two-sided?
- ...that the former governor of Maryland, Robert Ehrlich, was Maryland's first Republican governor elected in 30 years?
- ...that the Baltimore riot of 1861 was an incident that took place on April 19, 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland between Confederate sympathizers and infantrymen of the United States Army, and is regarded by historians as the first bloodshed of the American Civil War?
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Counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, Saint Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico, Worcester
