Minnesota
is the 32nd state of the United States, having joined the Union on May 11, 1858.
Minnesota, upper Midwestern state of the United States. Minnesota is
bordered by Lake Superior and Wisconsin (E), Iowa (S), South Dakota, North
Dakota (W) and the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario (N).
Minnesota's name is from the Dakota people's name for the Minnesota River,
mini sota, variously translated "smoky-white water" or "sky-tinted water."
The state's name is abbreviated
MN (U.S. Post) or Minn.
Minnesota is the largest state by land area in the Midwestern United States and
is in the sub-region known as the Upper Midwest. The most significant
metropolitan area is known as the Twin Cities, which contains more than half the
state's population. The Twin Cities refer to the state's most populous cities,
Minneapolis and the capital of Saint Paul, along with multiple "rings" of
suburbs.
Saint Paul, the Minnesota state capital,
and its larger twin, Minneapolis, are
the two largest cities. Bloomington,
Duluth, and Rochester are other
major cities.
Minnesota Time Zones
Minnesota is in the Central Time Zone in the United
States of America (USA). US Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT-6).
USA & Canada clocks
on DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
Daylight Saving Time dates 2008
Sunday 9 March 2008
until Sunday 2 November 2008
see: Daylight-Saving-Time.com
for details
Minnesota is in the Central Time Zone in the United
States of America (USA). US Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT-6).
Does
Minnesota observe Daylight Saving Time?
Like most states in the USA, Daylight-Saving
Time (DST) is observed in
Minnesota, where the
time is shifted forward by 1 hour to CDT; which is 5 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-5).
After the Summer months the time in
Minnesota is shifted
back by 1 hour to US Central Standard Time (CST) or (GMT-6)
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Minnesota
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Minnesota
is the 32nd state of the United States, having joined the Union on May 11, 1858.
