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Section size for Baltimore (89 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	21,780	21,780	482	482
Etymology	2,459	2,459	70	70
History	60	44,916	0	2,399
Pre-settlement	2,132	2,132	116	116
17th century	5,850	5,850	244	244
18th century	7,488	7,488	409	409
19th century	9,679	9,679	606	606
20th century	11,592	11,592	680	680
21st century	2,332	8,115	119	344
Port Covington	2,432	2,432	120	120
Bridge collapse	3,351	3,351	105	105
Geography	1,383	59,042	108	2,468
Cityscape	241	34,145	0	1,866
Architecture	8,982	8,982	692	692
Tallest buildings	6,040	6,040	0	0
Neighborhoods	1,301	18,882	74	1,174
Central Baltimore	2,818	2,818	220	220
North Baltimore	1,213	1,213	73	73
South Baltimore	2,286	2,286	134	134
Northeast Baltimore	2,357	2,357	109	109
East Baltimore	1,101	1,101	75	75
Southeast Baltimore	2,106	2,106	111	111
Northwest Baltimore	1,092	1,092	75	75
West Baltimore	2,385	2,385	116	116
Southwest Baltimore	2,223	2,223	187	187
Adjacent communities	770	770	11	11
Climate	22,744	22,744	483	483
Demographics	18	30,424	0	891
Population	11,111	11,111	322	322
Characteristics	10,659	10,659	189	189
Income and housing	4,280	4,280	187	187
Life expectancy	1,829	1,829	94	94
Religion	1,892	1,892	58	58
Languages	635	635	41	41
Economy	8,894	14,298	311	839
Port	1,591	1,591	191	191
Tourism	3,813	3,813	337	337
Culture	8,411	25,272	626	1,650
Cuisine	2,990	2,990	218	218
Local dialect	2,108	2,108	151	151
Performing arts	11,763	11,763	655	655
Sports	41	11,568	0	1,164
Baseball	2,800	2,800	289	289
Football	2,831	2,831	337	337
Other teams and events	5,896	5,896	538	538
Parks and recreation	1,876	1,876	100	100
Law, government, and politics	4,010	38,643	274	2,206
Voter registration	1,565	1,565	0	0
City government	23	25,393	0	1,627
Mayor	5,558	5,558	261	261
Baltimore City Council	2,050	2,050	98	98
Law enforcement	4,689	17,027	459	1,173
Crime	12,338	12,338	714	714
Baltimore City Fire Department	735	735	95	95
State government	1,913	2,000	68	68
State agencies	87	87	0	0
Federal government	5,675	5,675	237	237
Education	61	4,455	0	180
Colleges and universities	936	1,782	35	60
Private	519	519	25	25
Public	327	327	0	0
Primary and secondary schools	2,612	2,612	120	120
Transportation	796	24,007	70	2,101
Roads and highways	5,724	5,724	528	528
Transit systems	22	7,581	0	548
Public transit	4,483	4,483	321	321
Intercity rail	3,076	3,076	227	227
Airports	2,175	2,175	190	190
Pedestrians and bicycles	2,764	2,764	359	359
Port of Baltimore	4,967	4,967	406	406
Environment	17	4,793	0	274
Trash interceptors	2,498	2,498	114	114
Other water pollution control	1,289	1,289	91	91
Air quality and pollution	989	989	69	69
Media	4,838	4,838	268	268
In popular culture	225	7,128	17	891
Literature	1,877	1,877	222	222
Nonfiction	1,142	1,142	156	156
Film	1,994	1,994	259	259
Television	1,890	1,890	237	237
Notable people	59	59	0	0
International relations	2,603	2,603	39	39
See also	215	215	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	15	2,132	0	0
Citations	31	31	0	0
General bibliography	2,086	2,086	0	0
Further reading	816	816	0	0
External links	2,263	2,263	0	0
Total	303,613	303,613	16,022	16,022

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