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The center of population of Oregon is located in Linn County, in the city of Lyons. [122] Around 60% of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. [123] As of 2009, Oregon's population comprised 361,393 foreign-born residents. [124]
This region is located in the northeastern section of the state bordering Oregon and Nevada, mostly north of the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The area is centered on Mount Shasta, near the Trinity Alps. Mount Shasta is a dormant volcano, but there is some evidence that it erupted in the 18th century. [7]: 99
Location Map Principal communities Population Notes Central Oregon: Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson counties Bend, Redmond, Madras, Prineville: 219,564 (2015 est.) [1] Minimal definition. Sometimes includes north to the Columbia River and south to the border with California. Eastern Oregon: Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union ...
Major regions of California. This is a list of regions of California, organized by location. Northern California ... San Francisco Bay Area. East Bay.
Route across the Rocky Mountains with a Description of Oregon and California . reproduced in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, 1906. Oregon Country, 1818–1846 Anglo-American Convention of 1818; Oregon boundary dispute, 1824–1846; Oregon missionaries, 1834–1846; Provisional Government of Oregon, 1843–1848; Oregon Treaty of 1846
With an area of 98,381 square miles (254,810 km 2), Oregon is slightly larger than the United Kingdom. It is the ninth largest state in the United States. [ 1 ] Oregon's highest point is the summit of Mount Hood , at 11,249 feet (3,429 m), and its lowest point is the sea level of the Pacific Ocean along the Oregon Coast. [ 2 ]
Medford is located approximately 27 miles (43 km) north of the northern border of California. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.74 square miles (66.67 km 2), of which 25.73 square miles (66.64 km 2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) is water. [31]
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.