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:
- Anoka
- Becker
- Beltrami
- Benton
- Big Stone
- Blue Earth
- Brown
- Washington
- Grant
- Goodhue
- Dakota
- Jackson
- Dodge
- Douglas
- Aitkin
- Isanti
- Itasca
- Yellow Medicine
- Kanabek
- Candiyohi
- Carver
- Carlton
- Cas
- Kitson
- Clay
- Clearwater
- Cottonwood
- Crow Wing
- Cook
- Kuchiching
- La Sur
- Lak ki Parel
- Lake
- Lake of the Woods
- Lincoln
- Lyon
- McLeod
- Martin
- Marshall
- Meeker
- Mill Lax
- Morrison
- Mower
- Manomin
- Murray
- Nicolette
- Nobles
- Norman
- Olmsted
- Otter Tail
- Pine
- Pipestone
- Pennington
- Col
- Pope
- Rice
- Wright
- Ramsay
- Redud
- Red Lake
- Renville
- Rose
- Rock
- St. Louis
- Sibley
- Scott
- Stevens
- Steel
- Stearns
- Swift
- Todd
- Travers
- Wabshaw
- Wadina
- Wasika
- Watonuan
- Wilkin
- Winona
- Ferrybow
- Fillmore
- Freeborn
- Hennepin
- Hubbard
- Houston
- Chippewa
- Chisago
- 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