Minnesota Saint Paul, in east-central Minnesota along the banks of the Mississippi River, has been Minnesota's capital city since 1849, first as capital of the Territory of Minnesota, and then as the state capital since 1858. Saint Paul is adjacent to Minnesota's most populous city, Minneapolis; they and their suburbs are known collectively as the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, and home to about 54 percent of the state's population. The remainder of the state is known as "Greater Minnesota" or pejoratively "Outstate Minnesota". The state has 17 cities with populations above 50,000 (as
Minnesota State Highway 99 "Minnesota Avenue" for 16 blocks in the city of St. Peter. The route is concurrent with U.S. Highway 169 and State Highway 22 throughout this length. The route crosses the Minnesota River at St. Peter. Highway 99 is also known as "Derrynane Street" in the city of Le Center. Highway 99 was authorized on April 22, 1933. It was posted in 1934 and included parts of what were previously State Highways 7 and 21. It was paved between Nicollet and Le Center at this time. The section between Le Center and Highway 13 was paved in 1939, and the last