Saint Paul, Minnesota

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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]

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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 weel kent 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.

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Sister ceeties

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

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