Saint Paul, Minnesota

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. 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.

Saint Paul, Minnesota
State caipital ceety
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.
Saint Paul Location in Minnesota, Unitit States Saint Paul Saint Paul (the Unitit States)
Coordinates: 44°56′38.76″N 93°05′6.72″W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Minnesota
Coonty	Ramsey
Incorporatit	1854
Govrenment
• Mayor	Chris Coleman (DFL)
Area
• State caipital ceety	145.51 km2 (56.18 sq mi)
• Laund	134.63 km2 (51.98 sq mi)
• Water	10.88 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Elevation	214 m (702 ft)
Population  (2010)
• State caipital ceety	285,068
• Estimate  (2011)	288,448
• Rank	Ceety: 67t Metro: 16t
• Density	2117.5/km2 (5484.2/sq mi)
• Metro	3,317,308
• Demonym	Saint Paulite
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	55101–55175
Area code(s)	651
Website	www.stpaul.gov
1 Current as of July 30, 2008.

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 faur ben 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

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

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