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Minneapolis skyline
Minneapolis
(
pronounced
/?m?niː?æp?l?s/
(deprecatit template)
), nicknamed "Ceety o Lakes" an the "Mill Ceety," is the
coonty seat
o
Hennepin Coonty
,
[1]
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 watter, an
polis
, the Greek wird for ceety.
[2]
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.
[3]
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.
[4]
Named Americae's maist literate ceety,
[5]
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.
[6]
As shawn ablo Minneapolis haes 10
sister ceeties
:
[7]
[8]
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Coordinates
:
44°58′55″N
93°16′09″W
/
44.9819°N 93.2692°W
/
44.9819; -93.2692
