Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Saint Paul, Minnesota
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.
Location in Ramsey Coonty an the state o Minnesota.
Saint Paul is located in Minnesota
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Saint Paul is located in the Unitit States
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Saint Paul (the Unitit States)
Coordinates: 44°56′38.76″N 93°05′6.72″W / 44.9441000°N 93.0852000°W / 44.9441000; -93.0852000Coordinates: 44°56′38.76″N 93°05′6.72″W / 44.9441000°N 93.0852000°W / 44.9441000; -93.0852000
KintraUnitit States
StateMinnesota
CoontyRamsey
Incorporatit1854
Govrenment
 • MayorChris Coleman (DFL)
Area
 • State caipital ceety145.51 km2 (56.18 sq mi)
 • Laund134.63 km2 (51.98 sq mi)
 • Water10.88 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Elevation
214 m (702 ft)
Population
 • State caipital ceety285,068
 • Estimate 
(2011[3])
288,448
 • RankCeety: 67t
Metro: 16t
 • Density2117.5/km2 (5484.2/sq mi)
 • Metro
3,317,308
 • Demonym
Saint Paulite
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
55101–55175
Area code(s)651
Websitewww.stpaul.gov
1 Current as of July 30, 2008.[4]

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.[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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  3. "Population Estimates". Retrieved 3 Januar 2013.
  4. "The City of Saint Paul – Official website". The City of Saint Paul. 2008. Retrieved 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. 5 Apryle 2007. Retrieved 16 Apryle 2007.
  6. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
  7. "Ramsey County". Metro MSP. Minneapolis Regional Chamber Development Foundation. 2008. Archived frae the original on 8 Julie 2008. Retrieved 30 Julie 2008.
  8. Bill Salisbury (10 August 2008). "Pawlenty is latest to make Minneapolis blunder about RNC's location". Pioneer Press. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
  9. Associated Press (17 December 2000). "Stars Can't Go Home Again". CBS Sports. Archived frae the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 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. Archived frae the original on 18 Mey 2009.
  12. Capital City Partnership (2006). "A City Where People Work". Capital City Partnership. Archived frae the original on 27 Apryle 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008."Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 27 Apryle 2008. Retrieved 24 Januar 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  13. "Saint Paul Sister Cities". Saint Paul Sister Cities. 2007. Archived frae the original on 8 Februar 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.