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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, a city lying on the bank of Mississippi River, is one of the largest states in Minnesota. It serves as the county seat for Hennepin Country. It adjoins Saint Paul, the capital of the state, and together they are known as the Twin Cities. The Twin Cities is the 15th largest metropolitan area in USA. This area resides over 3.5 million people within its premises. According to 2005 census, the population of Minneapolis was over 373,000 people approximately.

Why visit Minneapolis

The city of Minneapolis has abundant reserves of water including over twenty wetlands and lakes, creeks and waterfalls, the Mississippi riverfront along with its great scenic byways. For a long time, the city was considered to be the flour milling capital of the country and also a hub for timber. Currently it is a major business center between Illinois, Seattle, Chicago and Washington. Another great attraction which draws people towards Minneapolis is its visual art, theatre, music and writing. A great stress has recently been given to the public park systems resulting in one park with one mile of every household.

Geography and climate of Minneapolis

Minneapolis occupies a total land area of a little over 151 square kilometers. Out of this, 6% of the total area comprises of water, with major water bodies like Lake Agassiz, Mississippi and Minnehaha riverbeds and a number of waterfalls. With a continental type of climate, Minneapolis faces cold and dry winters, and comfortably warm summers. All kinds of precipitation are received here such as rain, snow, ice, sleet, tornados, thunderstorms as well as fog. It experiences an average temperature of 7° C in an year.

Art and Culture in Minneapolis

Minneapolis ranks second in the live theater next to New York City, as well as is the 3rd largest theater market. It supports many famous theatre groups like Illusion, Mixed Blood, Jungle, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Minnesota Dance Theatre as well as the Children’s Dance Theatre. Prince, the son of a singer and jazz musician, is Minneapolis’ progeny. The world renowned Minnesota Orchestra plays popular and classical music under music director Osmo Vanska at the Orchestra hall. The Minnesota Opera is dedicatedly producing new as well as classical operas regularly.

Sports in Minneapolis

The avenues for professional sports are well established in the city of Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Millers baseball team played for the first time in 1884 and produced best lost-won record in their league. They even contributed fifteen players to Baseball Hall of Fame. Minneapolis Lakers, the basketball team of the city, won six championships in 3 leagues. The NWA Minneapolis Wresting and Boxing Club, presently known as the American Wrestling Association, used to operate in Minneapolis after 1960 till 1990s.