Portland, Oregon

City of Portland
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Interactive map outlining Portland
Coordinates: 45°31′12″N 122°40′55″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
Counties	Multnomah Washington Clackamas
Bioregion	Cascadia
Founded	1845
Incorporated	February 8, 1851
Named for	Portland, Maine
Government
• Type	Commission
• Mayor	Ted Wheeler (D)
• Commissioners	Chloe Eudaly Nick Fish Amanda Fritz Jo Ann Hardesty
• Auditor	Mary Hull Caballero
Area
• City	145 sq mi (376 km2)
• Land	133 sq mi (346 km2)
• Water	12 sq mi (30 km2)
Elevation	50 ft (15.2 m)
Highest elevation	1,188 ft (362 m)
Lowest elevation (Columbia River)	0.62 ft (0.19 m)
Population  (2010)
• City	583,776
• Estimate  (2018)	653,115
• Rank	US: 25th
• Density	4,504.2/sq mi (1,737/km2)
• Urban	1,849,898 (US: 24th)
• Metro	2,478,810 (US: 25th)
• CSA	3,239,335 (US: 19th)
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	97086-97299
FIPS code	41-59000
GNIS feature ID	1136645
Website	PortlandOregon.gov

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the county seat of Multnomah County. About 538,544 people live in the city of Portland, and about 1,927,881 people live in the city's metropolitan area. It is found in the north part of the state, where the Willamette River meets the Columbia River. Portland has the second most people of any city in the Northwest United States, after the city of Seattle.

Portland has many nicknames. One of these is "The City of Roses," because roses grow well there. Some other nicknames of Portland are "Stumptown" (from the fact that Portland was built over a forest), and "Puddletown" (from the fact that it often rains in Portland).

Many things are from Portland. Some of these things are Powell's Books, Beverly Cleary (and some of her most popular fictional characters, Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, which also have statues in the city's Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children), and the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team.