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About Portland, Oregon
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Downtown Portland and Mount Hood from Pittock Mansion
St. Johns Bridge
Oregon Convention Center
Union Station and U.S. Bancorp Tower
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Tilikum Crossing
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“Rose City”; “Stumptown”; “PDX”; see Nicknames of Portland, Oregon for a unmovable list.
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Interactive map outlining Portland
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 Portland
Location in Oregon
Portland
Location in the United States
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45ยฐ31โฒ12โณN 122ยฐ40โฒ55โณW๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ45.52000ยฐN 122.68194ยฐW |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| Counties | Multnomah Washington Clackamas |
| Founded | 1845 |
| Incorporated | Februaryย 8, 1851 |
| Named for | Portland, Maine |
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| ย โขย Type | Commission |
| ย โขย Mayor | Ted Wheeler (D) |
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| ย โขย Auditor | Simone Rede |
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| ย โขย City | 145.00ย sqย mi (375.55ย km) |
| ย โขย Land | 133.49ย sqย mi (345.73ย km2) |
| ย โขย Water | 11.51ย sqย mi (29.82ย km) |
| ย โขย Urban | 519.30ย sqย mi (1,345.0ย km2) |
| Elevation | 50ย ft (15.2ย m) |
| Highestย elevation | 1,188ย ft (362ย m) |
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0.62ย ft (0.19ย m) |
| Population
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| ย โขย City | 652,503 |
| ย โขย Rank | 72nd in North America 26th in the United States 1st in Oregon |
| ย โขย Density | 4,888.10/sqย mi (1,887.30/km2) |
| ย โขย Urban | 2,104,238 (US: 23rd) |
| ย โขย Urbanย density | 4,052.1/sqย mi (1,564.5/km) |
| ย โขย Metro
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2,511,612 (US: 25th) |
| Demonym | Portlander |
| Time zone | UTCโ08:00 (PST) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTCโ07:00 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes |
97086, 97201-97225, 97227-97233, 97236, 97238-97240, 97242, 97250-97254, 97256, 97266-97269, 97280-97283, 97286, 97290-97294, 97296, 97298
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| Area codes | 503 and 971 |
| FIPS code | 41-59000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1136645 |
| Website | www |
Portland ( PORT-lษnd) is a harbor city in the Pacific Northwest and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated in the northwestern area of the declare at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. As of 2020, Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people conscious in the PortlandโVancouverโHillsboro, ORโWA metropolitan statistical area, making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon’s population resides within the Portland metropolitan area.
Named after Portland, Maine, which is itself named after the English Isle of Portland, the Oregon treaty began to be populated in the 1840s, near the halt of the Oregon Trail. Its water right of entry provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city’s in front economy. At the tilt of the 20th century, the city had a reputation as one of the most dangerous port cities in the world, a hub for organized crime and racketeering. After the city’s economy experienced an industrial boom during World War II, its hard-edged reputation began to dissipate. Beginning in the 1960s, Portland became noted for its growing unbiased and higher political values, earning it a reputation as a bastion of counterculture.
The city operates later than a commission-based government, guided by a mayor and four commissioners, as competently as Metro, the only directly elected metropolitan planning management in the United States. Its climate is marked by warm, dry summers and cool, rainy winters. This climate is ideal for growing roses, and Portland has been called the “City of Roses” for beyond a century.