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'''Minneapolis''' (Listeni/ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs/) is the county seat of [[Hennepin County]],and larger of the [[Twin Cities]], the 14th-largest metropolitan area in the [[United States]], containing approximately 4.1 million residents.

== Description ==

As of 2016, Minneapolis is the largest city in the state of Minnesota and 46th-largest in the United States with 407,207 residents.

Minneapolis and [[Saint Paul]] anchor the second-largest economic center in the Midwest, behind [[Chicago]].

Minneapolis lies on both banks of the [[Mississippi River]], just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins [[Saint Paul]], the state's capital.

The city is abundantly rich in [[water]], with twenty lakes and wetlands, the [[Mississippi River]], creeks and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway.

It was once the world's flour milling capital and a hub for timber, and today is the primary business center between [[Chicago]] and [[Seattle]], with Minneapolis proper containing America's fifth-highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies.

As an integral link to the global economy, Minneapolis is categorized as a global city.

== Name ==

Minneapolis' name is attributed to Charles Hoag, the city's first schoolteacher, who combined ''mni'', a [[Dakota Sioux]] word for [[water]], and ''polis'', the [[Greek]] word for [[city]].

== See also ==

* [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]]
* [[Minnesota]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis Minneapolis] @ Wikipedia

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+Minneapolis' name is attributed to [[Charles Hoag]], the city's first [[schoolteacher]], who combined ''mni'', a [[Dakota Sioux]] word for [[water]], and ''polis'', the [[Greek]] word for [[city]].
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