Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the county seat of Multnomah County. As of 2020, about 652,503 people live in the city of Portland, and about 2.5 million people live in the city's metropolitan area. It is in the northern Oregon, where the Willamette River meets the Columbia River. Portland has the second most people of any city in the Northwest United States, after the city of Seattle.
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Downtown Portland with Mount Hood in the background and Vista Bridge in the foreground Union Station and U.S. Bancorp Tower Pioneer Courthouse Square |
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| Nickname(s): "Rose City"; "Stumptown"; "PDX" |
Motto: "The City that Works" [1] |
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| Coordinates: 45°31′12″N 122°40′55″W |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Oregon |
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| Counties | Multnomah
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Clackamas |
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| Founded | 1845; 180 years ago (1845) |
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| Incorporated | February 8, 1851; 174 years ago (1851-02-08) |
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| Named for | Portland, Maine[2] |
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| • Type | Mayor–council government |
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| • Mayor | Keith Wilson |
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| • Auditor | Simone Rede[3] |
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| • City | 145.00 sq mi (375.55 km2) |
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| • Land | 133.49 sq mi (345.73 km2) |
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| • Water | 11.51 sq mi (29.82 km2) |
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| • Urban | 519.30 sq mi (1,345.0 km2) |
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| Elevation | 161 ft (49 m) |
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| Highest elevation | 1,188 ft (362 m) |
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| Lowest elevation | 0.62 ft (0.19 m) |
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| • City | 652,503 |
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| • Rank | 26th in the United States
1st in Oregon |
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| • Density | 4,888.10/sq mi (1,887.30/km2) |
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| • Urban | 2,104,238 (US: 23rd) |
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| • Urban density | 4,052.1/sq mi (1,564.5/km2) |
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| • Metro | 2,511,612 (US: 25th) |
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| Demonym | Portlander |
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| • Portland (MSA) | $204.3 billion (2022) |
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| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
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| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
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| ZIP Codes |
- 97086, 97201-97225, 97227-97233, 97236, 97238-97240, 97242, 97250-97254, 97256, 97266-97269, 97280-97283, 97286, 97290-97294, 97296, 97298, 97214
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| Area codes | 503 and 971 |
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| FIPS code | 41-59000 |
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| GNIS feature ID | 2411471[5] |
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| Website | www.portland.gov |
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Portland has many nicknames. One of these is "The City of Roses," because roses grow well there. Some other nicknames of Portland are "Stumptown" (because Portland was built over a forest), and "Puddletown" (because it often rains in Portland).
Many things are from Portland. Some of these things are Powell's Books, Beverly Cleary (and some of her most popular fictional characters, Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, which also have statues in the city's Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children), and the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team.
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