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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.

Pingdingshan, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, alias Eagle City, is located in Central China. Pingdingshan is an important energy and heavy industry base in the Central Plains Economic Zone, and it is also the central city of central Henan; it is high in the west and low in the east, with a trapezoidal distribution, and is located at the edge of warm temperate zone and northern subtropical climate; it now has jurisdiction over 2 cities, 4 counties and 4 districts with an area of 7882 square kilometers and a resident population of 5.2077 million in 2018. Pingdingshan is not only a resource-based industrial city, but also an excellent tourist city, a national garden city, a national forest city, a national sanitary city and a provincial civilized city. It is also the hometown of Chinese Quyi City, Chinese calligraphy City, the hometown of Chinese Guanyin Culture, the hometown of Chinese Ruyao Ceramic Art and the base of Tang Jun in China. There are 169 reservoirs in Pingdingshan, and the middle route of the South-to-North Water transfer Project passes through the city.
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