Native Americans originally called the Portland peninsula Machigonne ("Great Neck"). Portland was named for the English Isle of Portland, and the city of Portland, Oregon, was in turn named for Portland, Maine. The first

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 69.44 square miles (179.85 km ), of which 21.31 square miles (55.19 km )

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2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 66,194 people, 30,725 households, and 13,324 families residing in the city. The population densitywas 3,106.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,199.3/km ). There were 33,836 housing units at an

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Portland has a long history of prominence in the arts, peaking the first time in the early nineteenth century, when the city was "a rival, and not a satellite of either Boston or New York". In

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Number of restaurants
Downtown Portland, including the Arts Districtand the Old Port, has a high concentration of eating and drinking establishments, with many more to be found throughout the rest of the peninsula, outlying neighborhoods,

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The city is home to three minor league teams. The Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A farm team of the Boston Red Sox, play at Hadlock Field. The Maine Celtics, the NBA G League

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Portland has become Maine's economic capital because the city has Maine's largest port, largest population, and is close to Boston (105 miles to the southwest). Over the

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