Cities

Portland

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General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Portland." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/portland.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Portland. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/portland

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-portland,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Portland},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/portland},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in the Pacific Northwest at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the 28th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 652,503 at the 2020 census.

Facts

Population

652,503 1

Area (sq km)

375.55 1

Founding Year

1845 1

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Elevation (m)

49 1

Latitude

45.52 degrees north 1

Longitude

122.68194 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Oregon

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Source Portland (Wikipedia)

United States

Source Portland (Wikipedia)

On Continent

North America

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1. Portland (Wikipedia)

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Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in the Pacific Northwest at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the 28th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 652,503 at the 2020 census.

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