Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (pronounced /ˌseɪnt ˈpɔːl/ (deprecatit template), abbreviatit St.
Paul) is the caipital an seicont-maist populous ceety o the US state o Minnesota. The ceety ligs maistly on the north bank o the Mississippi River, dounstream o the river's confluence wi the Minnesota River, an adjyns Minneapolis, the state's lairgest ceety. Kent as the "Twin Ceeties", thir twa ceeties form the core o Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the 16t lairgest metropolitan aurie in the Unitit States, wi aboot 3.175 million residents. The ceety's population at the 2000 census wis 287,151. Saunt Paul sers as the coonty seat o Ramsey Coonty, the smawest an maist densely populatit coonty in Minnesota.
Saint Paul, Minnesota | |
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State caipital ceety | |
| City of Saint Paul | |
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| Eik-name(s): "the Capital City", "the Saintly City", "Pig's Eye", "the Silver City" | |
| Motto(s): The most livable city in America.1 | |
 Location in Ramsey Coonty an the state o Minnesota. | |
  Saint Paul Location in Minnesota, Unitit States  Saint Paul Saint Paul (the Unitit States) | |
| Coordinates: 44°56′38.76″N 93°05′6.72″W / 44.9441000°N 93.0852000°W 93°05′6.72″W / 44.9441000°N 93.0852000°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Minnesota |
| Coonty | Ramsey |
| Incorporatit | 1854 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Chris Coleman (DFL) |
| Area | |
| • State caipital ceety | 145.51 km2 (56.18 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 134.63 km2 (51.98 sq mi) |
| • Water | 10.88 km2 (4.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 214 m (702 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • State caipital ceety | 285,068 |
| • Estimate (2011) | 288,448 |
| • Rank | Ceety: 67t Metro: 16t |
| • Density | 2117.5/km2 (5484.2/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,317,308 |
| • Demonym | Saint Paulite |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 55101–55175 |
| Area code(s) | 651 |
| Website | www.stpaul.gov |
| 1 Current as of July 30, 2008. | |
Foondit naur historic Native American settlements as a tradin an transportation centre, the ceety rase tae prominence whan it wis named the caipital o the Minnesota Territory in 1849. Awbeit Minneapolis is mair naitionally recognised, Saint Paul conteens important institutions an the state's poleetical activity. Regionally, the ceety is faur ben for the Xcel Energy Center, hame o the Minnesota Wild, an for the Science Museum o Minnesota. As a business hub o the Upper Midwast, it is heidquarters for companies sic as Ecolab an Lawson Software. Saint Paul, alang wi its Twin Ceety, Minneapolis, is kent for its heich literacy rate. It is the anerlie ceety in the US wi a population o 250,000 or mair tae increase the circulation nummer o Sunday newspapers in 2007.
Sister ceeties
Saint Paul haes ten sister ceeties, as designate bi Sister Cities International:
Ciudad Romero (El Salvador)
Culiacán (Mexico)
Changsha (Cheenae)
Hadera (Israel)
Nagasaki (Japan)
Novosibirsk (Roushie)- Manzanillo (Mexico)
- Tiberias (Israel)
Neuss (Germany)
George (Sooth Africae)
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