Oregon is situated on the west coast of the United States in The Pacific Northwest. It is surrounded by Washington State in the north, to the east by Idaho, to the south by the states of Nevada and California, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

The state capital of Oregon is Salem with a population of approximately 174,000. Oregon’s largest city is Portland with a population of 653,155. The total population of Oregon is 4.2 million people. Oregon is 255,026 square kilometers in size and it has one of the most diverse landscapes in the United States. Traveling throughout this state, you will find high deserts, mountains, volcanoes, forests, shrublands, and numerous bodies of water. The climate varies significantly throughout this state. The western region has an Oceanic climate; the southwest has a Mediterranean climate; the northeast has a Steppe climate with a Subarctic climate in higher elevations.