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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.

Ruoqiang County, under the jurisdiction of Bayingoleng Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is located in the southeast of Bazhou, on the southeast edge of Taklimakan Desert, longitude 86 °45 °E, latitude 36 °~ 41 °23'N. It is bordered by Qiemo County in the west, Yuli County and Shanshan County and Hami City in the north, Gansu Province and Qinghai Province in the east, and Tibet Autonomous region in the south, with a land area of 202300 square kilometers, which is the largest county in the country (about the size of two Zhejiang provinces). The county people's government is stationed in Ruoqiang Town, 894 kilometers away from Urumqi and 444 kilometers away from Korla, the state capital. Ruoqiang County has been the second strategic passage from the mainland to Central Asia and Xinjiang to the mainland since ancient times, and it was also the necessary route of the ancient "Silk Road." The county has jurisdiction over two management committees,
Travel Sights In Ruoqiang County
Travel Notes In Ruoqiang County
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