Geography of Minnesota "The Cities"), and "Outstate" or "Greater Minnesota". The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area comprises eleven Minnesota counties centered around Minneapolis, the state's largest city, and adjoining Saint Paul, the capital; plus two Wisconsin counties. About three out of every five residents of the state live in this conurbation. Greater Minnesota is less urbanized than the Twin Cities. It is also geographically more diverse, with farmlands to the south and west, lake country in central Minnesota, and forests in the northern part of the state. Approximately 40% of Minnesotans live in Greater Minnesota. Its major population centers include Duluth, Rochester, Moorhead, St.
The Minnesota State Hymn spring or fall"<br> "In the cities, in their towers, in the nations far from home."<br> "Minnesota State we hail to you."<br> "Purple and gold we're ever true."<br> The Minnesota State Hymn The Minnesota State Hymm is the institutional anthem of the Minnesota State University, Mankato. It is played at all graduation and official ceremonies. It was written by C.K. Waterman and Paul Karvonen. "Minnesota State, we hail; Hail the purple and the gold<br> "All alumni, old and new, take you with them when they go.<br> "From the hilltop, from the prairie"<br> "Where the river bends to lead them"<br> "We are