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POPULATION
 | 1.8 million in the metropolitan
area; 509,610 in the city limits |
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| AREA
| 130 square miles |
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| ELEVATION
| 173 feet above sea level |
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| LONGITUDE
| 40 miles east of the 122nd
meridian west |
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| LATITUDE
| 30 miles north of the 45th
parallel north |
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| MILES TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
| 78 |
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| MILES TO A GLACIER
| 65 (Mount Hood) |
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| AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
| 33.5° (January); 79.5° (July) |
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| AVERAGE PRECIPITATION
| 37" (less than Atlanta,
Baltimore, Houston or Seattle - and
without that nasty humidity) |
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| ACRES OF PARKS IN METRO AREA
| 37,000, including the 5,000-acre
Forest Park |
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| EMERGENCY
| Call 911 for police, ambulance
or fire |
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| NEWSPAPERS
| The Oregonian (daily),
The Portland Tribune
(semiweekly), Willamette Week
(weekly) |
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| TIME
| All of Oregon is on Pacific
Standard Time, except for the
Ontario city area in Eastern Oregon,
which is on Mountain Standard Time.
Daylight Savings Time is observed
from the first Sunday in April until
the last Sunday in October. |
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| DRIVING
| The speed limit is 55 miles per
hour on most highways. Where posted,
the freeway speed limit is 65.
Oregon law calls for drivers and
passengers to buckle up for safety
in both the front and back seats.
Oregon law also requires that
drivers carry proof of insurance. |
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