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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.

Jingyang County, which belongs to Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the central part of Shaanxi Province, north of the Jinghe River, and the hinterland of "eight hundred miles of Qinchuan". It is the origin of the land of the people's Republic of China, the east is bordered by Sanyuan and Gaoling District, and the Weicheng District of Xianyang City is bordered by the Weicheng District of Xianyang City in the south. Jinghe River is opposite to Liquan County in the west, and to the north is adjacent to Beizhong Mountain, Chunhua and Sanyuan County, with a total area of 780 square kilometers. Jingyang is located in the north of the Jinghe River. In ancient times, Jingyang took the north of the water as the sun, hence its name, which was first seen in the Book of songs. Jingyang County is the place where biography of Liu Yi, one of the four major folklore in China, takes place, and many scholars, writers and poets have emerged successively, such as Wu Mi, Lei Lyriyan, Li Ruobing, Bai Sketch and so on. It is the strategic important place of the national new area "Xixian New area".
Travel Notes In Jingyang County