Orono
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city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Hennepin
- Mayor
- Bob Tunheim
- Total
- 23.98 sq mi (62.12 km )
- Land
- 15.92 sq mi (41.22 km )
- Water
- 8.07 sq mi (20.90 km )
- Elevation
- 971 ft (296 m)
- Density
- 522/sq mi (201.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 (Central (CST))
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 55300, 55391, 55399, 55356
- Fips code
- 27-48580
- Gnis feature id
- 0648996
- Website
- https://www.oronomn.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Orono (/ˈɔːrəˌnoʊ/ OR-ə-noh, /ˈɔːrnoʊ/ OR-noh) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It is a suburb of Minneapolis located about 16 miles (26 km) to the west on the north shore of Lake Minnetonka. The population was 8,315 at the 2020 census.
Orono is the largest municipality by area on Lake Minnetonka and is largely residential.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orono” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.