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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.

Guangyuan City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, borders Gansu Province and Shaanxi Province in the north; Nanchong City in the south; Mianyang City in the west; Bazhong City in the east; on the northern edge of Sichuan, the mountain is in the transition zone to the basin, belonging to the subtropical humid monsoon climate; the city has a total area of 16314 square kilometers, with 3 districts and 4 counties under its jurisdiction; and there are 3.0262 million registered residents in 2017. Guangyuan City has been an important passageway into Sichuan since ancient times. It is the old place of Guo, the fortress of entering Shu, and the important town of the three Kingdoms. Guangyuan has a profound cultural heritage, especially the bright red gene handed down from generation to generation. Guangyuan is the concentrated display of pre-Qin ancient plank road culture and Chinese Shu road culture, the core corridor of the history and culture of the three Kingdoms, and the birthplace of the only female emperor Wu Zetian in Chinese history. It is also the core area of the former Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet area and the later stage of the Red fourth Front Army.
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