Minnesota, United States

Minnesota, United States

Country USA
Capital city Saint Paul
Area 225,181 km²
Population 5,707,390 people (2021)
25.3 people/km²
Governor Mark Dighton
Time zone UTC -6/ -5
ZIP code MN
ISO 3166-2 US-MN
Official site www.state.mn.us
Minnesota

Minnesota (in English: Minnesota) is the 32nd state in the USA, whose abbreviation is MN, and the zip code is 55379. The capital is the city of Saint Paul (Saint Paul), and the largest city in the state is Minneapolis. Because they are very close to each other, they form a metropolis known as the Twin Cities.

Population

State population: 4,919,479 people.

Geography

The state borders Canada (Manitoba and Ontario) to the north; to the east – with Wisconsin; to the south – with Iowa and to the west – with North Dakota and South Dakota. In addition, Minnesota shares a water border with Michigan. Minnesota occupies 2.25% of the area of ​​the USA – the 12th largest state. Area: 225,365 km 2.

The state’s nickname is the ” Land of 10,000 Lakes ” (Land of 10,000 Lakes), which reflects an actual fact – 11,842 lakes are listed on the state’s territory. Besides him, the state also bears the nicknames: “North Star State”, “Gopher State”, “Bread and Butter State”.

Cities

  • Golden Valley
  • Cloquet
  • Medicine Lake
  • Minneapolis
  • Saint Paul
  • Brainerd
  • St. Cloud
  • Long

Counties

According to Countryaah, Minnesota consists of 87 counties:

  1. Anoka
  2. Becker
  3. Beltrami
  4. Benton
  5. Big Stone
  6. Blue Earth
  7. Brown
  8. Washington
  9. Grant
  10. Goodhue
  11. Dakota
  12. Jackson
  13. Dodge
  14. Douglas
  15. Aitkin
  16. Isanti
  17. Itasca
  18. Yellow Medicine
  19. Kanabek
  20. Candiyohi
  21. Carver
  22. Carlton
  23. Cas
  24. Kitson
  25. Clay
  26. Clearwater
  27. Cottonwood
  28. Crow Wing
  29. Cook
  30. Kuchiching
  31. La Sur
  32. Lak ki Parel
  33. Lake
  34. Lake of the Woods
  35. Lincoln
  36. Lyon
  37. McLeod
  38. Martin
  39. Marshall
  40. Meeker
  41. Mill Lax
  42. Morrison
  43. Mower
  44. Manomin
  45. Murray
  46. Nicolette
  47. Nobles
  48. Norman
  49. Olmsted
  50. Otter Tail
  51. Pine
  52. Pipestone
  53. Pennington
  54. Col
  55. Pope
  56. Rice
  57. Wright
  58. Ramsay
  59. Redud
  60. Red Lake
  61. Renville
  62. Rose
  63. Rock
  64. St. Louis
  65. Sibley
  66. Scott
  67. Stevens
  68. Steel
  69. Stearns
  70. Swift
  71. Todd
  72. Travers
  73. Wabshaw
  74. Wadina
  75. Wasika
  76. Watonuan
  77. Wilkin
  78. Winona
  79. Ferrybow
  80. Fillmore
  81. Freeborn
  82. Hennepin
  83. Hubbard
  84. Houston
  85. Chippewa
  86. Chisago
  87. Sherburne

Saint Paul

Country USA
State Minnesota
Area 145.51 km²
Highness height 214 m
Population 285,068 people (2010)
1,959 people/km²
Founding 1841
ZIP code 55101–55175, 55101, 55105, 5511, 55114, 55116, 55118, 55119, 55122, 55124, 55127, 55129, 55135, 5513, 5513, 5513, 5513, 5513, 5513, 5513, 5513, 5513, 55135, 55135, 55135, 55135, 55135 55170, 55173
Telephone code 651
Official site www.stpaul.gov
St. Paul

Saint Paul (in English: Saint Paul) is a city in the USA, the capital of the state of Minnesota.

Geography

It has a population of 287,151 (2000), making it the second most populous city in the state after Minneapolis and among the largest cities in the US Midwest. Its total area is 145.5 km² (56.2 mi²).

Famous people

Born in St. Paul

  • Larry Bond (b. 1951), writer
  • Stephen Brust (b. 1955), writer
  • Louie Anderson (b.1955), actor and comedian
  • Lindsay Vonn (b. 1984), skier
  • Melvin Calvin (1911 – 1997), chemist
  • Tim Kaine (b. 1958), politician
  • Duane Carey (b. 1957), astronaut
  • John Lilly (1915 – 2001), psychoanalyst
  • Scott Lynch (b. 1978), writer
  • George Papandreou Jr. (b. 1952), Greek politician
  • Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (b. 1963), cosmonaut
  • Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940), writer
  • Vince Flynn (1966 – 2013), writer
  • Josh Hartnett (b. 1978), actor
  • Randy Scheckman (b. 1948), biochemist
  • Charles M. Schultz (1922 – 2000), cartoonist

Died in St. Paul

  • Dave Arneson (1947 – 2009), computer game designer
  • Frank Billings Kellogg (1856 – 1937), politician
  • Despina Kehaiova (1972 – 2004), circus actress
  • Vince Flynn (1966 – 2013), writer

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