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Minneapolis (/ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs/ (listen)) is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins in timber and as the flour milling capital of the world. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.

Prior to European settlement, the site of Minneapolis was inhabited by Dakota people. The settlement was founded along Saint Anthony Falls on a section of land north of Fort Snelling; its growth is attributed to its proximity to the fort and the falls providing power for industrial activity. As of 2021[update], the city has an estimated 425,336 inhabitants. It is the most populous city in the state and the 46th-most-populous city in the United States. Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities.

Minneapolis has one of the most extensive public park systems in the US; many of these parks are connected by the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. Biking and walking trails, some of which follow abandoned railroad lines, run through many parts of the city; such as the Mill District in the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District, around the banks of Lake of the Isles, Bde Maka Ska, and Lake Harriet, and by Minnehaha Falls. Minneapolis has cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. Minneapolis is the birthplace of General Mills, Pillsbury Company, and the Target Corporation. The city's cultural offerings include the Guthrie Theater, the First Avenue nightclub, and four professional sports teams.

Shaanxi, referred to as "Shaanxi" or "Qin", the provincial administrative region of the people's Republic of China, the provincial capital Xi'an, is located in the hinterland of China, the middle reaches of the Yellow River, Shanxi and Henan to the east, Ningxia and Gansu to the west, Sichuan, Chongqing and Hubei to the south and Inner Mongolia to the north, between longitude 105 °29 and latitude 31 °42, with a total area of 205600 square kilometers. China's longitude and latitude reference point, geodetic origin, and Beijing time National time Service Center are located in the province. The topography of Shaanxi Province is high in the north and low in the middle, and is composed of plateaus, mountains, plains and basins, among which the Loess Plateau accounts for 40% of the province's land area, straddling the two major river systems of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and across three climatic belts. The Great Wall in northern Shaanxi belongs to the mid-temperate monsoon climate, Guanzhong and
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