Wikipedia: Portland Oregon

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Portland has a population of 503,637 (est. 1999)

Portland has a population of 529,121 ([2000 Census]?)

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Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy, co-founders of Portland, named the city in 1845 when Pettygrove won a coin toss with his partner. Pettygrove named it for his hometown of [Portland Maine]?; had Lovejoy won he intended to name it after his hometown of [Boston Massachusetts]?.

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Portland is on the south side of the Columbia River and is known as the CIty of Roses.

Portland straddles the [Willamette River]?, just south of where the Wilamette merges with the Columbia River. Portland is known as the "City of Roses".

The largest city in the state of Oregon and the 26th largest city in the United States.

Portland has a population of 529,121 ([2000 Census]?)

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Portland straddles the [Willamette River]?, just south of where the Wilamette merges with the Columbia River. Portland is known as the "City of Roses".