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Duluth (/ dəˈluːθ / ⓘ də-LOOTH) is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for cargo shipping. The population was 86,697 at the 2020 census, [4] making it Minnesota's fifth-largest city.
The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a public university in Duluth, Minnesota. [10] It is part of the University of Minnesota system and offers 17 bachelor's degrees in 87 majors, graduate programs in 24 different fields, and a two-year program at the School of Medicine and a four-year College of Pharmacy program. [8] [11]
The downtown of Duluth, Minnesota, United States, is situated between Mesaba Avenue ( Highway 194) and 4th Avenue East; and located on Michigan, Superior, First, Second, and Third streets.
The Duluth MN–WI Metropolitan Area, [1] commonly called the Twin Ports, is a small metropolitan area centered around the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin.
It is the westernmost U.S. city on the Great Lakes. While the lake has an average elevation of 602 feet above sea level, the adjacent hills rise and an additional 800 feet above it. Duluth is the county seat of Saint Louis County. It is the fourth largest city in Minnesota.
4 days ago · Duluth, city, seat of St. Louis county, northeastern Minnesota, U.S. One of Minnesota’s largest cities, it is a major inland port on the western tip of Lake Superior, at the mouth of the St. Louis River, opposite Superior, Wisconsin. Elevation is abrupt, rising 600 feet (180 metres) above the level.
Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for cargo shipping.
The city of Duluth, Minnesota has 32 neighborhoods organized into six geographic areas: Central, Eastern Duluth, Above the Hill, West Duluth, West of West Duluth, and Lincoln Park.
Built largely on a 700-foot (215-m) hill overlooking Lake Superior, Duluth also has a thriving tourism industry, with antique shops, excellent restaurants, cozy inns, and scenic views of the lake. There is a ski resort inside city limits.
By the latter half of the 19th century, Duluth was rising to its zenith. The city boasted the only U.S. port accessing both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, making it easy for the rest of the nation to tap into the area’s rich lumber, ample wheat, and expansive ore mining opportunities.
