Minneapolis–Saint Paul

metropolitan area in Minnesota, United States
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Summary

Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan statistical area[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of metropolitan statistical area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,587 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Minnesota[3], Wisconsin[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: twin cities[6]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Minneapolis[7], Saint Paul[8], Bloomington[9]
  • Commons category: Minneapolis–Saint Paul[10]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Mississippi River[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Minneapolis–Saint Paul[12]
  • Population: 3,112,117[13], 3,690,261[14]
  • Nickname: Twin Cities[15]
  • Native label: Minneapolis–Saint Paul[16]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area[17]
  • Different from: twin cities[18], Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area[19]
  • Elevation above sea level: 263 m[20]
  • Territory overlaps: Minneapolis–St. Paul urban area[21]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Minneapolis–Saint Paul include Minnesota Twins[22], a baseball team[23], in United States[24], founded in 1901[25].

Why It Matters

Minneapolis–Saint Paul has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for it include Minnesota Twins[22], a baseball team[23], in United States[24], founded in 1901[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . National Archives Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . whitehouse.gov. whitehouse.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'azb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ha', 'he', 'is',
    Harper's tag → minneapolis-metropolitan-area-minn
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: minneapolis-metropolitan-area-minn, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943255|minneapolis metropolitan area minn (#289943255)]] in [[:tooll"
  2. 24d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54860|batch #54860]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 18w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → twincities, twincitiessocial, TwinCities
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 44.95, 'lon': -93.2}
    Country → United States
    Located in time zone → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: TwinCities, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144669860|TwinCities (#144669860)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Director"
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