Portland, Maine
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Portland, Maine | |
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| City of Portland, Maine | |
 Clockwise: Portland watterfront, the Portland Observatory on Munjoy Hill, the corner o Middle an Exchange Street in the Old Port, Congress Street, the Ceevil War Memorial in Monument Squerr, an winter licht sculpturs in Congress Squerr Plaza. | |
 Banner  Seal | |
| Eik-name(s): The Forest City, Portland of the East | |
| Motto(s): | |
 Location in Cumberland Coonty an the state o Maine. | |
  Portland, Maine Location in the Unitit States | |
| Coordinates: 43°40′N 70°16′W / 43.667°N 70.267°WCoordinates: 43°40′N 70°16′W / 43.667°N 70.267°W | |
| Kintra |  Unitit States |
| State |  Maine |
| Coonty | Cumberland |
| Settled | 1632 |
| Incorporatit | Julie 4, 1786 |
| Named for | Isle o Portland[1] |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Ceety cooncil an ceety manager |
| • Ceety manager | Jon Jennings |
| • Mayor | Ethan Strimling (D) |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 179.85 km2 (69.44 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 55.19 km2 (21.31 sq mi) |
| • Water | 124.66 km2 (48.13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Ceety | 66,194 |
| • Estimate (2015)[4] | 66,881 |
| • Rank | US: 519t |
| • Density | 1199.7/km2 (3107.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 203,914 (US: 177t) |
| • Metro | 519,900 (US: 104t) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 04101, 04102, 04103, 04104, 04108, 04109, 04112, 04116, 04122, 04123, 04124 |
| Area code(s) | 207 |
| FIPS code | 23-60545 |
| GNIS featur ID | 0573692 |
| Website | Ceety o Portland |
Portland is the lairgest ceety in the U.S. state o Maine an the coonty seat o Cumberland Coonty.[5]
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Portland haes fower sister ceeties, as designatit bi Sister Cities International (SCI):
Arkhangelsk, Roushie
Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
Mytilene, Greece
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan[6]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Coolidge, A.J. and J.B. Mansfeld. 1859. A History and Description of New England, General and Local. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge, p. 301.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 7 Juin 2011.
- ↑ Japan index of Sister Cities International retrieved on December 9, 2008
