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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.

Pingxiang, a city under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province (prefectural level), an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, is located in the west of Jiangxi Province, bordering Yichun City in the east, Ji'an City in the south, Zhuzhou City in Hunan Province in the west and Liuyang City in Hunan Province in the north. The landform is more complex and belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons; it has jurisdiction over 3 counties and 2 districts with a total area of 3823.99 square kilometers and has a resident population of 1.9332 million at the end of 2018. In 2018, Pingxiang achieved a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 100.905 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7% over the previous year. Pingxiang is the "west gate" of Jiangxi, which is in the central position in the economic development pattern of western Jiangxi. It is known as "the thoroughfare of Hunan and Jiangxi" and "the throat of Wu and Chu". Pingxiang is located in the radiation core area of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan economic circle and accepts the Pan-Pearl River Delta.
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