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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.

Leshan, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, known as Jiazhou in ancient times, has the reputation of "Begonia fragrant country". Located in the middle of Sichuan Province, southwest of Sichuan Basin, the terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, belonging to the subtropical climatic zone. Leshan is an important industrial city in Sichuan Province, a regional central city in the south of Chengdu Economic Zone, an important hub city, an important traffic node and port city in Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration. Chengdu-Kunming Railway and Chengdu-Guizhou high-speed railway run through the whole territory. Leshan is a famous national historical and cultural city, the first batch of national open cities, national greening model cities, Chinese excellent tourist cities, national garden cities and national sanitary cities. Leshan has three world-class heritage sites-the World Natural and Cultural Heritage Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha, the World Irrigation Engineering Heritage Dongfengyan, 15 scenic spots above the national 4A level, and 35 national A-level scenic spots. Cut off
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