Minneapolis

Minneapolis (), nicknamed "Ceety o Lakes" an the "Mill Ceety," is the coonty seat o Hennepin Coonty,  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.

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.

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. Named Americae's maist literate ceety, 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. and 

 Sister ceeties 
As shawn ablo Minneapolis haes 10 sister ceeties:

  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) syne 1988
  Ibaraki (Japan) syne 1980
  Kuopio (Finland) syne 1972
  Santiago (Chile) syne 1961

References

 Freemit airtins 

 City of Minneapolis — Offeecial site
Visitors
 Offeecial Minneapolis Tourism site — Visitor Information
 City of Minneapolis — Visitors page
 Minneapolis Convention Center
 Leet o Minneapolis biggins, places an tours on Placeography 


Category:Populatit places established in 1856
Category:Ceeties in Minnesota
Category:Populatit places on the Mississippi River
Category:Hennepin Coonty, Minnesota


Category:Coonty seats in Minnesota