Minneapolis

state o Minnesota, an the 48t lairgest in the Unitit States. Its name is attributit tae the ceety's first schoolteacher, who combined mni, the Dakota wird for watter, an polis, the Greek wird for ceety.

Minneapolis lies on baith banks o the Mississippi River, juist north o the river's confluence wi the Minnesota River, an adjoins Saint Paul, the state's caipital. Kent as the "Twin Ceeties," Minneapolis-St. Paul is the 16t-lairgest metropolitan aurie in the U.S., wi 3.5 million residents. The Metropolitan Cooncil estimatit the ceety's population in 2008 as 390,131.

The ceety is abundantly rich in watter wi ower twinty lakes an wetlands, the Mississippi river, creeks an waterfalls, mony connectit bi pairkways in the Chain o Lakes an the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway. It wis ance the warld's flour millin caipital an a hub for timmer, an the day is the primary business centre atween Chicago an Seattle. Named Americae's maist literate ceety, it haes cultural organisations that draw creative fowk an audiences tae the ceety for theater, visual airt, writin, an muisic. The community's diverse population haes a lang tradeetion o charitable support throu progressive public social programs, as well as private an corporate philanthropy.

As shawn ablo Minneapolis haes 10 sister ceeties:

•   Najaf (Iraq) syne 2009
•   Cuernavaca (Mexico) syne 2008
•   Uppsala (Swaden) syne 2000
•   Eldoret (Kenyae) syne 2000
•   Harbin (Cheenae) syne 1992
•   Tours (Fraunce) syne 1991
•   Novosibirsk (Roushie) syne 1988
•   Ibaraki (Japan) syne 1980
•   Kuopio (Finland) syne 1972
•   Santiago (Chile) syne 1961