• Portland
  • Altay Prefecture

Portland (/ˈpɔːrtlənd/, PORT-lənd) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated 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 live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), 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, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn 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 liberal and progressive political values, earning it a reputation as a bastion of counter-culture.

Altay region, one of the five regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is under the jurisdiction of Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture and is based in Altay City. Located in the north of Xinjiang, bordering Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia; the landforms are complex and diverse, dry and hot in summer and cold in winter; the total area is 117989.21 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of six counties and one city; the total population in 2017 is 671616. Altay region is the only area bordering Russia in northwest China, and it is an important node city of the Silk Road Economic Belt and Xinjiang participating in the construction of China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor; it has four national land ports; it is a relatively abundant water area in Xinjiang and is known as the "water tower" in northern Xinjiang; it is one of the six major forest areas in China, and it has been identified by the State Council as the ecological functional area of mountain grassland with water conservation. twenty
Travel Notes In Altay Prefecture
Twenty thousand miles north and south of Tianshan Mountains (1)
From July 6th to 28th, eight friends from four families were invited to drive two cars, driving more than 11,500 kilometers, and completed a trip acro
Xinjiang, a place to travel alone to cure my depression (Great geography in northern Xinjiang, humanities in southern Xinjiang) 11 days
I have fantasized about going to Xinjiang many times, because it is so beautiful, and then this little dream was finally no match for the persecution
Keketuohai, the second largest cold pole in China, becomes a fairy tale in autumn
The early autumn of Keketuohai is dreamy and colorful. Walking in the depths of the birch forest, the Irtysh River shone with a sapphire-like deep lus
Car rental self-driving tour in Xinjiang (16 days)
20220628 (D1 day) flight to Urumqi, Xinjiang, overnight stay at Vienna Hotel on Beijing Road, Urumqi. 20220629 (D2 day) 9:00 am depart for Altay regio