Southern Oregon

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This article is about the southern region of the U.S. state of Oregon. For the University, see Southern Oregon University. For the Oregon wine region, see Southern Oregon AVA.

Location

Southern Oregon is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon south of Lane County and generally west of the Cascade Range, excluding the southern Oregon Coast. Counties include Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, and Josephine. It includes the Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area, which consists of the Umpqua and Rogue River drainages. As of 2007, the population in the four counties is approx. 455,000.^[1]

Counties

↑ http://www.pdx.edu/media/p/r/prcCertifiedRelease_07_web_state_co.pdf
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Population as of February 2007".
↑ Klamath Falls is included because it is as far south as any city in "Southern Oregon", although it is on the east side of the Cascades in the high desert.
↑ According to the City of Klamath Falls website, the city is in the "south central region" of Oregon.
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