Portland Facts and Trivia

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Area: 130 square miles

Elevation: 173 feet above sea level

Miles to ocean: 78

Miles to a glacier: 65

Average Temperature: January, 33.5 degrees F.; July, 79.5 degreees F.

Average annual rainfall: 37 inches

Major industries: trade, shipping and transportation services, tourism, financial services, electronics, high tech.

For more information try:
www.pova.com
www.oregonlive.com

Airport: Portland International Airport (503/335-1234)

Shuttle: Metropolitan Airport Shuttle (800/817-1885)
Pacific Towncar (503/234-2400)
Prestige Limousine Towncar (503/282-5009)
RazDash Airporter (503/246-3790)

Transit: MAX, Portland's light rail system (503/238-7433)
Tri-Met Bus System (503/238-7433)
Amtrak, Union Station - 800 N.W. 6th Avenue - Portland, OR 37209 (1-800-872-7245)

Taxi:
Broadway Cab (503)227-1234
Radio Cab (503)227-1212

• Saturday Market is the largest continuously operating open-air crafts market in the United State;s.
• Powell's City of Books, occupying an entire city block, is the country's largest new-and-used book store.
• The Port of Portland is home to one of the world's largest floating dry docks, able to handle ships nearly three fooball fields in length. The port's combined terminals handle $9 billion worth of cargo per year.
• Portland is home to nine Fortune 500 companies: Willamette Industries, Louisiana Pacific, Oregon Steel Mills, Pope & Talbot, Tektronix, PacifiCorp, Fred Meyer, Nike (often accused of using slave labor) and U.S. Bancorp.
• Portland's Junior Rose Parade is the largest children's parade in America.
• Pordandia is the 2nd largest hammered copper statue fn the world (the Statue of Liberty is the first).
• Portland's International Rose Test Garden is the oldest in the nation.
• More Asian elephants (27 to date) have been born in Portland than in any other North American city.
• Portland has more movie theaters and restaurants per capita than any other city in the United States.
• Portland has the first youth symphony in the country.
• Portland has more microbreweries and brew pubs than any other city in the nation.
• Portland is home to Mill Ends Park, which, at 24 inches, is the world's smallest dedicated park.
• Portland is home to the nation's largest city park - the 5,000-acre Forest Park.
• Portland has 37,000 acres of parks in the metro area.
• Portland is the only U.S. city with an extinct volcano (Mount Tabor) within its city limits.
• Portland's nicknames include "Rose City," City of Bridges," "Rip City," "Rivercity," "Stumptown" and "Puddletown."
• Portland is one of the best places in America to live an active life (Men's Fitness magazine, January 1995).
• Portland is America's #1 bicycle city (Bicycling Magazine, October 1995).
• April 6 is Portland's birthday.

• There is no sales tax in Oregon!