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1905 Portland, Oregon Chinatown
Second Street between Stark and Oak in Chinatown, 1905

According to The Oregonian, 18,000 (7.5 percent) of the Portland metropolitan area's 135,000 Asian/Pacific residents live along 82nd Avenue, in an area dubbed New Chinatown, as of 2012.

Old Town Chinatown features the Lan Su Chinese Garden.

Organizations

Hip Sing Association (Portland, Oregon)
The Hip Sing Tong was a prominent organization

There is a Portland chapter of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance.

Restaurants

Chinese restaurants have included:

See also

  • Chinese American women's suffrage in Oregon
  • Da Tung and Xi'an Bao Bao
  • Ethnic groups in Portland, Oregon
  • Hispanics and Latinos in Portland, Oregon
  • History of Koreans in Portland, Oregon
  • History of the Japanese in Portland, Oregon
  • National University of Natural Medicine
  • Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
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