Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul (, 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. The ceety's population at the 2000 census wis 287,151. Saunt Paul sers as the coonty seat o Ramsey Coonty, the smawest an maist densely populatit coonty in Minnesota.

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. Regionally, the ceety is weel kent for the Xcel Energy Center, hame o the Minnesota Wild, an for the Science Museum o Minnesota. As a business hub o the Upper Midwast, it is heidquarters for companies sic as Ecolab an Lawson Software. 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 

  Ciudad Romero (El Salvador)
  Culiacán (Mexico)
  Changsha (Cheenae)
  Hadera (Israel)
  Nagasaki (Japan)
  Novosibirsk (Roushie)
  Manzanillo (Mexico)
  Tiberias (Israel)
  Neuss (Germany)
  George (Sooth Africae)

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Category:1800 establishments
Category:Ceeties in Minnesota
Category:Populatit places on the Mississippi River
Category:Minneapolis – Saint Paul
Category:Ramsey Coonty, Minnesota
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Category:Coonty seats in Minnesota
Category:2008 Republican National Convention
Category:State caipitals in the Unitit States