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It is Oregon's largest urban center, with about 550 to 600 sq. mi. of urbanized land area, and the state's hub for trade, transportation, and business. Most of the Portland metropolitan area is under the jurisdiction of Metro , a directly-elected regional government which, among other things, is responsible for land use planning in the region. __NOTOC__ CITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS Major cities in the region in addition to Portland include Beaverton , Gresham , Hillsboro , and Vancouver, Washington . The area also includes the smaller cities of Aloha , Clackamas , Damascus , Gladstone , King City , Lake Oswego , Milwaukie , Oregon City , Tigard , Tualatin West Linn , Wilsonville , and Battle Ground, Washington . It includes the Portland suburban neighborhoods of Beavercreek , Garden Home , Hawthorne , Hillsdale , Multnomah Village , Raleigh Hills , Sellwood , and West Slope . Further from Portland lie the neighborhoods of Lake Grove and Dunthorpe . Categorized lists of cities and neighborhoods are also available: METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA The Portland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the 26th Largest in the United States , has a population of 1,927,881. It consists of Multnomah , Washington , Clackamas , and parts of Columbia and Yamhill counties in Oregon, as well as Clark County, Washington . The area includes Portland and the neighboring cities of Beaverton , Gresham , Hillsboro , Milwaukie , Lake Oswego , Oregon City , Fairview , Wood Village , Troutdale , Tualatin and Tigard , as well as Vancouver, Washington . TRANSPORTATION Portland is where Interstate 84 ends at Interstate 5 , both major highways in the Pacific Northwest . Other primary roads include Interstate 205 , an eastern bypass of the urban core, U.S. Highway 26 , which heads west and southeast, U.S. Highway 30 , which goes to the northwest, and Oregon Highway 217 , which connects US 26 with I-5 in the south, travelling through Beaverton. Both US 26 and US 30 go to the Oregon Coast . Transit service on the Oregon side is generally provided by TriMet and Clark County is served by C-TRAN . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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