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Saint Paul, Minnesota
—  State caipital ceety  —
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City of Saint Paul
Eik-name(s): "the Capital City", "the Saintly City", "Pig's Eye", "the Silver City"
Motto: The most livable city in America.1
Location in Ramsey Coonty an the state o Minnesota.
Location o Saint Paul City Hall in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan aurie
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Location o Saint Paul City Hall in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan aurie
Coordinates: 44°56′38.76″N 93°05′6.72″W / 44.9441°N 93.0852°W / 44.9441; -93.0852
Kintra Unitit States
State Minnesota
Coonty Ramsey
Incorporatit 1854
Govrenment
 - Mayor Chris Coleman (DFL)
Aurie[1]
 - State caipital ceety 56.18 sq mi (145.51 km2)
 - Laund 51.98 sq mi (134.63 km2)
 - Watter 4.20 sq mi (10.88 km2)
Hicht 702 ft (214 m)
Indwallers (2010)[2]
 - State caipital ceety 285,068
 - Estimate (2011[3]) 288,448
 - Rank Ceety: 67t
Metro: 16t
 - Densitie 5,484.2/sq mi (2,117.5/km2)
 - Metro 3,317,308
 - Demonym Saint Paulite
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 - Simmer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 55101–55175
Aurie code(s) 651
Wabsteid www.stpaul.gov
1 Current as of July 30, 2008.[4]

Saint Paul (pronounced /ˌseɪnt ˈpɔːl/, 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.[5] The ceety's population at the 2000 census wis 287,151.[6] Saunt Paul sers as the coonty seat o Ramsey Coonty, the smawest an maist densely populatit coonty in Minnesota.[7]

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.[8] Regionally, the ceety is faur ben for the Xcel Energy Center, hame o the Minnesota Wild,[9] an for the Science Museum o Minnesota.[10][11] As a business hub o the Upper Midwast, it is heidquarters for companies sic as Ecolab an Lawson Software.[12] 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 [edit]

Saint Paul haes ten sister ceeties, as designate bi Sister Cities International: [13]

References [edit]

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Gazetteer_files
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FactFinder
  3. ↑ Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 3 Januar 2013. .
  4. ↑ The City of Saint Paul – Official website. The City of Saint Paul (2008). Retrieved on 30 Julie 2008. .
  5. ↑ Table 2: Population Estimates for the 100 Most Populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas Based on July 1, 2006 Population Estimates: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau (2007-04-05). Retrieved on 16 Apryle 2007. .
  6. ↑ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 31 Januar 2008. .
  7. ↑ Ramsey County. Metro MSP. Minneapolis Regional Chamber Development Foundation (2008). Retrieved on 30 Julie 2008. .
  8. ↑ Bill Salisbury. "Pawlenty is latest to make Minneapolis blunder about RNC's location", Pioneer Press, 2008-08-10. Retrieved on 15 August 2008..
  9. ↑ Associated Press. "Stars Can't Go Home Again", CBS Sports, 2000-12-17. Retrieved on 30 Julie 2008..
  10. ↑ Some Notable U.S. Museums.. The History Channel (2008).
  11. ↑ "National Science Foundation Selects Museum of Science, Boston to Head $20 Million Network for Public Engagement with Nanotechnology" (Press release). Materials Research Society. 2008. http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/doc.asp?CID=6841&DID=177311. 
  12. ↑ Capital City Partnership (2006). A City Where People Work. Capital City Partnership. Archived from the original on 27 Apryle 2008. . Retrieved on 15 August 2008. .
  13. ↑ Saint Paul Sister Cities. Saint Paul Sister Cities (2007). Retrieved on 15 Dizember 2010. .
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