Portland, Maine (usa)

Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine ranks 696th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bochum, Elberfeld, and Herat. Memorable people born in Portland, Maine include Stephen King, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Elizabeth Strout. Memorable people who died in Portland, Maine include Daniel Dennett, Joel Hastings Metcalf, and Josephine Diebitsch Peary. Portland, Maine has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and philosophers. Portland, Maine is located in United States.

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area has a population of approximately 550,000 people. Historically tied to commercial shipping, the marine economy, and light industry, Portland's economy in the 21st century relies mostly on the service sector. The Port of Portland is the second-largest tonnage seaport in the New England area as of 2019. Read more on Wikipedia