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Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. |
| | Portland is the third largest city in the Pacific Northwest after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, with a population of 556,370 (July 1, 2005 estimate). |
| | Portland is often cited[2] as an example of a city with strong land use planning controls; the opposite extreme, a city with few or no controls, is typically illustrated by Houston, Texas. |
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