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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.

Shifang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province and hosted by Deyang City, is located in the Chengdu Plain in the hinterland of Sichuan Basin, adjacent to Mianzhu City and Jingyang District in the east, Guanghan City in the south and Pengzhou City in the west, belonging to the subtropical humid climate zone; it has jurisdiction over 2 streets and 14 towns with a total area of 864 square kilometers and a total population of 430000 in 2017. Shifu once enjoyed the reputation of "Yuji fairy hometown" because of the footprints of Dayu. Li Bing, a famous hydrologist in the Qin Dynasty, once treated the water here and died here. Shifang is also the hometown of Ma Daoyi, the eighth ancestor of Southern Zen Buddhism, and the sealed place of Yongya, a famous general of Han Dynasty, so Shifang City is also known as Yongcheng. The main natural landscapes of Shifang are Fenghua Mountain, Qingniutuo and so on. On December 14, 2017, Shifang was awarded the fourth civilized Model City of Sichuan Province. In November 2018, it was confirmed by the Ministry of Science and Technology
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