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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.

Ganquan County belongs to the hilly and gully zone of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi Province, which is located in the middle of Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, with a semi-humid inland monsoon climate. The total area is 2284.7 square kilometers, the total area of cultivated land in the county is 609000 mu, and the forest and grass coverage rate is 78.4%, of which the forest coverage rate is 50.5%. Ganquan gets its name because of the spring water in the foothills of Shenlin, 5 kilometers southwest of the city, which is known as "the hometown of beautiful water". There is a history of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin home Diaoyin County, Northern Wei early home Linzhen County, Tang Wude first year home Fulu County, Tianbao first year changed to Ganquan County. Places of interest include the site of Qin Zhidao, the "Meishui Spring" given by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the White Deer Temple built in the Tang Dynasty, the Millennium Ginkgo Tree, the ancient tombs of the Song Dynasty, and so on. In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization district and county list.
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