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Ask nearly anyone who lives in Portland what makes the city great, and you’ll be in for an earful.

Portlanders are passionate about their city — and rightly so. There’s plenty to be proud of, especially the city’s successful transformation from old-tech timber town to high-tech hub. Portland is home to more than 1,200 technology companies, from Intel — the largest private sector employer with 11,000 workers — to Hewlett-Packard, Epson, NEC and scores of software firms. It’s also home to the Nike footwear headquarters.

Portland has been named the most environmentally friendly or “green” city in the United States and the second most in the world. Portland is Oregon’s biggest city, and the third most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Approximately two million people live in the Portland metro area.

The city and region are noted for wise land-use planning and investment in light rail, supported by Metro, a distinctive regional-government. Portland is known for its large number of microbreweries and microdistilleries, as well as its ubiquitous coffee houses. It is also the home of the Trail Blazers NBA team. Portland enjoys warm, dry summers and rainy but temperate winters. This climate is ideal for growing roses, and for more than a century, Portland has been known as “The City of Roses”.

Portland is well known as a hub of American DIY youth culture, a major center for movements such as zine-making, and home to many independently-owned stores. Portland is also home to radical activist movements as well as a haven for punk, hardcore, and anarchist movements and subgenres. Portland also has a booming restaurant scene which has been touted by the New York Times.

Portland Census Data

Population: 582,130 within the city limits; 1.8 million within the metro area. Primary County: Multnomah Time Zone: Pacific Parks: 37,000 acres of parks in the Metro area, including the largest urban wilderness, Forest Park (5,000 acres)

Local Information & Resources

We’ve put together a list of useful city/regional websites to help you get to know Portland:

Government, Schools & More	News & Media
City of Portland	The Oregonian Newspaper
Portland Public Schools	Portland Business Journal
Portland City Search	Oregon Business Magazine
Portland – DigitalCity.com	Willamette Week
State of Oregon	Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland Maps	Portland Indy Media
Portland Chamber of Commerce	Portland Mercury
Portland Visitors’ Association	Portland Tribune
The Best of Oregon	Sports & Recreation
Columbia River Gorge, National Scenic Area (world-class windsurfing, kayaking, fishing, and rock climbing.)	Portland Trail Blazers (NBA) Portland Beavers (Minor League Baseball)
Mt. Hood offers year-round downhill skiing with several ski areas: Meadows | Timberline | Ski Bowl Mt. Bachelor	Portland Timbers (Minor League Soccer) Portland Winterhawks (Minor League Hockey)
Smith Rock world renouned rock climbing	Oregon Golf Courses
More than 200 Oregon Wineries, offering world-class Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.	Oregon Coast Cannon Beach | Tillamook | Lincoln City (hiking, tidepools, beach combing, horse riding, scuba diving, fishing, and surfing)