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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.

Pinglu District is under the jurisdiction of Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, with geographical coordinates between 112 °41 °east longitude and 39 °21 °Mel 39 °58 'north latitude. Located between the Great Wall inside and outside the northwest of Shanxi Province, it is located in the northern border of Shanxi Province, bordering Qingshuihe and Helinger in Inner Mongolia Autonomous region, Pianguan and Shenchi counties in Xinzhou City in the southwest, Shuocheng District in the south, Shanyin in the east, and Youyu in the northeast. 69.5km from north to south and 67.9km from east to west, with a triangular shape, has a total land area of 2314 square kilometers and a total population of 185000 (2005). It has jurisdiction over 11 townships, 2 towns and 352 administrative villages. Formerly known as Pinglu County, when the State Council approved Shuozhou as a prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province in 1988, the county was changed to the area under the jurisdiction of Shuozhou. There is Shuobei Xiongcheng.
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