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.
Minnesota State Highway 313 Highway 313 generally follows not far from the southwest corner of the Lake of the Woods throughout its route. The route is legally defined as Route 313 in the Minnesota Statutes. Highway 313 was authorized on April 24, 1959. The route was paved in 1962. Minnesota State Highway 313 Minnesota State Highway 313 (MN 313) is a highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 11 in Warroad and continues north to its northern terminus at the Canada–US border; where the route becomes Manitoba Highway 12 upon crossing the border, near the communities of Middlebro and