Minneapolis
Minneapolis (pronounced /ˌmɪniːˈæpəlɪs/ (
listen)), nicknamed "Ceety o Lakes" an the "Mill Ceety," is the coonty seat o Hennepin Coonty, Template:GR the lairgest ceety in the U.S. 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 water, an polis, the Greek wird for city.[1]
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.[2]
The ceety is abundantly rich in water wi ower twenty 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 timber, an the day is the primary business center atween Chicago an Seattle.[3] Named America's most literate city,[4] it haes cultural organizations that draw creative fowk an audiences tae the ceety for theater, visual airt, writin, an muisic. The community's diverse population haes a lang tradition o charitable support through progressive public social programs, as well as private an corporate philanthropy.[5]
[edit] Sister ceeties
As shown below Minneapolis haes 10 sister ceeties:[6][7]
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) since 1988
Ibaraki (Japan) syne 1980
Kuopio (Finland) syne 1972
Santiago (Chile) syne 1961
An informal connections with
[edit] References
- ↑ Bright, William (2007). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press. Retrieved on 2009-01-21.
- ↑ Twin Cities Population Grows to 2.88 million, according to Metro Council estimates. Metropolitan Council (2009). Retrieved on 17 October 2009. .
- ↑ Minneapolis. Emporis Buildings (emporis.com). Retrieved on 18 Mairch 2007. .
- ↑ America's Most Literate Cities. Central Connecticut State University (2007). Archived from the original on 11 Februar 2008. . Retrieved on 4 Februar 2008. .
- ↑ Nocera, Joe. "The capital of corporate philanthropy", International Herald Tribune, The New York Times Company, December 22, 2007. Retrieved on 11 Januar 2008.. and A History of Minneapolis: Social Services. Minneapolis Public Library (mpls.lib.mn.us) (2001). Archived from the original on 8 Mey 2008. . Retrieved on 11 Januar 2008. .
- ↑ International Connections. City of Minneapolis. Retrieved on 29 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Baran, Madeleine. "City council approves Najaf, Iraq as Minneapolis' sister city", Minnesota Public Radio, 2009-07-31. Retrieved on 1 August 2009..
[edit] Freemit airtins
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Visitors
- Offeecial Minneapolis Tourism site — Visitor Information
- City of Minneapolis — Visitors page
- Minneapolis Convention Center
- Leet o Minneapolis biggins, places an tours on Placeography
- Travel guide tae Minneapolis frae Wikitravel
