Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. (Small portions of Portland are in Washington and Clackamas Counties.) Portland straddles the Willamette River immediately south of its confluence with the Columbia River. Portland is the third largest city in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia.

The population of Portland is estimated to be 556,370 as of July 1, 2005http://www.pdx.edu/media/p/r/prc_2005_Table5_County_Split.xls, and that of the surrounding metropolitan area (MSA) is approximately 2 million (the 24th largest in the United States).

Portland is known as "The City of Roses" or "Rose City", nicknames that originated during the 1905 Lewis and Clark centennial exposition. Its climate is ideal for growing roses, and the city has many rose gardens, including the International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park. Other nicknames for the city of Portland include "Stumptown", "Bridgetown" (due to its numerous bridges), "Puddletown" (due to the weather), and "River City" (due to its proximity to the Willamette and Columbia Rivers), "PDX" (after the city's airport code) and, "P-town".

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Burgerville is pouring Portland Roasting at all 39 of its locations! Now that's sustainable and local goodness...
KelliAmicoPRgal (Kelliann Amico) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:13:25 -0000
Burgerville is pouring Portland Roasting at all 39 of its locations! Now that's sustainable and local goodness...
While in #Portland Monday, got to visit Garrett & Dustin Moon's emerging green dream home The Commons - it's amazing: http://ow.ly/TyYv
reifman (Jeff Reifman) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:13:08 -0000
While in #Portland Monday, got to visit Garrett & Dustin Moon's emerging green dream home The Commons - it's amazing: http://ow.ly/TyYv
FBI, Port of Portland Police Investigate Incident on Hawaiian Airlines Flight 39: The FBI and Port of Portland .. http://bit.ly/7hkQkf
salemwimax (Drew 【ツ】) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:12:40 -0000
FBI, Port of Portland Police Investigate Incident on Hawaiian Airlines Flight 39: The FBI and Port of Portland .. http://bit.ly/7hkQkf
Made it to portland and finished oscar wao on the plane. That. Book. Is. Freaking. Spectacular.
MeganThorsfeldt (Megan Thorsfeldt) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:12:25 -0000
Made it to portland and finished oscar wao on the plane. That. Book. Is. Freaking. Spectacular.
@pushl oh wait, i get it! ur thinking of our kitchen trip...yes, it gets better & better over time..remember at Portland he gyrated then he
feetchick (Lori A) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:12:24 -0000
@pushl oh wait, i get it! ur thinking of our kitchen trip...yes, it gets better & better over time..remember at Portland he gyrated then he
RT @talesofchange: Build Your Dream Green Home http://ow.ly/TyXh Portland residents Garrett & Dustin Moon are doing just that...
hotdishnews (Hot Dish News) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:11:52 -0000
RT @talesofchange: Build Your Dream Green Home http://ow.ly/TyXh Portland residents Garrett & Dustin Moon are doing just that...

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