Twin Cities
The Twin Cities of Minnesota constitute the political, cultural, and economic capital of the Upper Midwest, and along with the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Detroit metropolitan areas, the core of the North Coast region of the United States.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
Minneapolis
Minneapolis is a city of about 430,000 people and the largest city in Minnesota.
Destinations to Discover
Places to explore: Brooklyn Park and Chisago County.
Stillwater
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St. Louis Park
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Maple Grove
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Eden Prairie
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White Bear Lake
White Bear Lake is a city in Ramsey County in the state of Minnesota, United States.
Monticello
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Bayport
Bayport is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States.
Twin Cities
- Type: Economic region with 3,230,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area in Minnesota, United States
- Also known as: “Area metropolitana de Mineapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington”, “Área metropolitana de Mineápolis-St. Paul-Bloomington”, “Área metropolitana de Minneapolis–Saint Paul”, “Ciudades Gemelas”, “Metropolregion Minneapolis-Saint Paul”, “Minneapolis – Saint Paul”, “Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area”, “Minneapolis-St Paul”, “Minneapolis-St-Paul”, “Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area”, “Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington”, “Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area”, “Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area”, “Minneapolis-St.Paul”, “Minneapolis–Saint Paul”, “Minneapolis–St Paul”, “Minneapolis–St. Paul”, “Minneapolis/Saint Paul”, “Minneapolis/St Paul”, “Minneapolis/St. Paul”, “Região Metropolitana de Mineápolis-São Paulo”, “Saint Paul-Minneapolis”, “Saint Paul-Minneapolis Metropolitan Area”, “Saint Paul–Minneapolis”, “St. Paul-Minneapolis”, “St. Paul-Minneapolis Metropolitan Area”, “St. Paul–Minneapolis”, “Tvillingstäderna”, “Twin cities”, “Vùng đô thị Minneapolis – Saint Paul”, “ミネアポリス＝セント・ポール”, “明尼亞波利斯—聖保羅都會區”, and “明尼阿波利斯聖保羅都會區”
- Categories: metropolitan statistical area and twin cities
- Location: Ramsey, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
44.9575° or 44° 57′ 27″ north
Longitude of center
-93.1785° or 93° 10′ 43″ west
Population
3,230,000
Elevation
899 feet (274 metres)
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Twin Cities” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منيابولس سانت بول”
- Asturian: “Área metropolitana de Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Basque: “Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropoli-eremua”
- Belarusian: “Мінэапаліс — Сэнт-Пол”
- Catalan: “Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Chinese: “明尼阿波利斯-聖保羅都會區”
- Chinese: “明尼阿波利斯—圣保罗都会区”
- Chinese: “明尼阿波利斯—聖保羅都會區”
- Dutch: “Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Dutch: “Minneapolis-St. Paul”
- Finnish: “Minneapolis–Saint Paul”
- French: “Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- French: “Minneapolis–Saint Paul”
- German: “Metropolregion Minneapolis–Saint Paul”
- German: “Minneapolis–Saint Paul”
- Hausa: “Minneapolis–Saint Paul”
- Hebrew: “מטרופולין מיניאפוליס-סנט פול”
- Hebrew: “מטרופולין מיניאפוליס–סיינט פול”
- Hebrew: “מטרופולין מיניאפוליס–סנט פול”
- Icelandic: “Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Icelandic: “Minneapolis–Saint Paul”
- Italian: “Area metropolitana di Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Italian: “Minneapolis–Saint Paul”
- Japanese: “ミネアポリス・セントポール都市圏”
- Korean: “미니애폴리스-세인트폴”
- Marathi: “मिनीयापोलिस-सेंट पॉल”
- Persian: “سینت پال-مینیاپولیس”
- Persian: “سینت پل-مینیاپولیس”
- Polish: “Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Portuguese: “Região Metropolitana de Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Romanian: “Zona metropolitană Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Russian: “Агломерация Миннеаполис — Сент-Пол”
- Slovak: “Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Slovenian: “Minneapolis - Saint Paul”
- South Azerbaijani: “سینت پل-مینیاپولیس”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Mineápolis–Saint Paul”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Swedish: “Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Telugu: “మిన్నియాపోలిస్-సెయింట్ పాల్”
- Turkish: “Twin Cities”
- Urdu: “منیاپولس–سینٹ پال”
- Vietnamese: “Minneapolis-Saint Paul”
- Vietnamese: “Minneapolis–Saint Paul”
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