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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.

Balikun, which means "Tiger Lake" in Turkic language, gets its name from Balikun Lake; it is the homonym of "Balkule" in Mongolian, meaning "tiger's front paws", which is named after the dangerous terrain; and it is the ancient Yue language. Balikun Kazakh Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Hami City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. Balikun Kazakh Autonomous County, established on September 30, 1954, is located in northeastern Xinjiang, bordering Yiwu County to the east, Yizhou District to the south, Kazakh Autonomous County to the west, Mongolia to the north, and one of the three Kazakh autonomous counties in the country. it is also a key county for poverty alleviation and development in Xinjiang. it is a typical border county, Gaohan county and disaster-prone county in Xinjiang. it was identified as five categories of areas by China in 2006. The border line between China and Mongolia is 309 kilometers long, and there are seasonally open ports in China.
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