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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Annapolis, Maryland
| official_name      = 
| settlement_type    = [[List of capitals in the United States|State capital]] and [[city]]
| image_skyline      = Some Annapolis commercial strip.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = Downtown Annapolis, Maryland
| image_flag         = Flag of Annapolis, Maryland.svg
| image_shield       = Seals of Annapolis, Maryland.svg
| nickname           = "America's Sailing Capital," "Sailing Capital of the World," "Naptown," "Crabtown on the Bay"
| motto              = "Vixi Liber Et Moriar"<br />(''"I have lived, and I shall die, free"'')
| image_map          = Anne Arundel County Maryland Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Annapolis Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250x200px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]
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| pushpin_map        = USA Maryland#USA
| pushpin_label      = Annapolis
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Maryland]]##Location in the United States
| pushpin_relief     = yes
| coordinates        = {{coord|38|58|23|N|76|30|04|W|region:US-MD|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{Flagu|United States|size=23px}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Maryland|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Maryland|size=23px}}
| subdivision_name2  = {{flagicon image|Flag of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.png|size=23px}} [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel]]
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = {{Start date and age|1649}}
| established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date2  = {{Start date and age|1708}}
| named_for          = [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Princess Anne of Denmark & Norway]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Gavin Buckley]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| leader_title1      = [[City Council]]
| leader_name1       = {{Collapsible list
| title                    = Council members|bullets=yes
| frame_style              = border:none; padding: 0;
| list_style               = text-align:left;display:yes;
   |1 = Eleanor "Elly" Tierney ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
   |2 = Karma O'Neill ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
   |3 = Rhonda Pindell Charles ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
   |4 = Sheila Finlayson ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
   |5 = Brooks Schandelmeier ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
   |6 = DaJuan Gay ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
   |7 = Rob Savidge ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
   |8 = Ross H. Arnett III ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
  }}<ref>{{cite web
   |url=https://www.annapolis.gov/483/City-Council
   |title=City Council
   |access-date=2022-04-16
   |website=www.annapolis.gov
   }}</ref>
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 20.98
| area_total_sq_mi   = 8.10
| area_land_km2      = 18.60
| area_land_sq_mi    = 7.18
| area_water_km2     = 2.38
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.92
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| area_urban_sq_mi   = 
| area_metro_km2     = <!-- Population -->
| area_metro_sq_mi   = 
| elevation_m        = 12
| elevation_ft       = 39
| population_total   = 40812
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| population_est     = 
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| population_demonym = Annapolitan<ref>{{cite book|last=Garner|first=Bryan|title=Garner's Modern American Usage|year=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195382754|page=238|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mVcJqKs1isUC&q=annapolis|edition=3}}</ref>
| population_note    = 
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code        = 21401-21405, 21409, 21411-21412
| area_code          = [[Area code 410|410]], [[Area code 443|443]]
| website            = [http://www.annapolis.gov/ www.annapolis.gov]
| footnotes          = 
| timezone           = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 24-01600
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0595031
| blank2_name        = [[Maryland highway system|Highways]]
| blank2_info        = [[Interstate 97 in Maryland|I-97]], [[U.S. Route 50 in Maryland|US 50]], [[U.S. Route 301 in Maryland|US 301]], [[Maryland Route 2|MD 2]], [[Maryland Route 70|MD 70]], [[Maryland Route 178|MD 178]], [[Maryland Route 450|MD 450]], [[Maryland Route 665|MD 665]]
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| unit_pref          = Imperial
}}
'''Annapolis''' is the [[capital city]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Maryland]]. As of the [[census]] in 2020, its population was 40,812.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Annapolis (city) Quick Facts from the U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://data.statesmanjournal.com/census/total-population/not-hispanic-white/annapolis-city-maryland/160-2401600/|access-date=2023-10-16|website=|language=en}}</ref> It is home to the [[United States Naval Academy]], where the United States Naval Officers get their training. It is also home to [[Saint John's College]], originally King William's School founded in 1696. Annapolis is the oldest seat of government still in service in America.

==History==
Annapolis became the temporary capital of the United States after the signing of the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] in 1783.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drylayout.com/articles/history-annapolis-maryland|title=The History of a Thriving City: Annapolis, Maryland|website=Drylayout|language=en|access-date=2022-08-06}}</ref> Congress was in session in the state house from November 26, 1783 to June 3, 1784, and it was in Annapolis on December 23, 1783 that General Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
==Chesapeake Bay==
Annapolis is also known as the [[sailing]] capital of the U.S. It is on Chesapeake Bay, the largest inland tidal [[estuary]] in the world. The Chesapeake Bay can not sustain the higher life that once filled these waters, and 3 of the main harvests need to be re-stocked by man in order to maintain 1/10th (or less) of the numbers - Oysters and Rockfish, and more recently as reported in the Capital, Blue Crab stocks are at an all-time and ever-decreasing low, with scientists from University of Maryland researching how to raise crabs for re-introduction.
==Nature==
Chesapeake Bay Native plants and animals are often crowded out by [[invasive species]] which are more hardy to the now-polluted environment. Fragmites, the Chinese Mitten Crab, English Ivy, and the [[Mute Swan]] are examples of invasive species thriving in this man-altered environment.
==Transport==
Annapolis is the only capital city in America east of the [[Mississippi River]] without any rail transportation.

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