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Denver
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Ceety an Coonty o Denver
Denver Skyline frae City Park, Denver

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Eik-name(s): The Mile-Heich Ceety[1] Queen Ceety o the Wast, Queen Ceety o the Plains,[2] Wall Street of the West[3]
Location o Denver in Colorado
Denver is located in United States
Denver
Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 39°44′21″N 104°59′5″W / 39.73917°N 104.98472°W / 39.73917; -104.98472
Kintra Unitit States
State Colorado
Ceety an Coonty Denver[4]
Foondit 22 November 1858, as Denver City, K.T.[5]
Incorporatit 11/7/1861, as Denver City, C.T.[6]
Consolidatit November 15, 1902, as the City and County of Denver
Named for James William Denver
Govrenment
 - Mayor Michael Hancock (D)[7]
Aurie[5]
 - Ceety-coonty 154.9 sq mi (401.3 km2)
 - Laund 153.3 sq mi (397.2 km2)
 - Watter 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2)  1.03%
 - Metro 8,414.4 sq mi (21,793.2 km2)
Hicht[8] 5,130–5,680 ft (1,564–1,731 m)
Indwallers (USCB estimate for July 1, 2011)[9]
 - Ceety-coonty 619,968 (US: 23rd)
 - Densitie 4,044/sq mi (1,561/km2)
 - Metro 2,599,504 (US: 21st)
 - Demonym Denverite
Time zone MST (UTC−7)
 - Simmer (DST) MDT (UTC−6)
ZIP codes 80201–80212,80202 80214–80239, 80241, 80243–80244, 80246–80252, 80256–80266, 80271, 80273–80274, 80279–80281, 80290–80291, 80293–80295, 80299, 80012, 80014, 80022, 80033, 80123, 80127[10]
Aurie code(s) Baith 303 an 720
FIPS code 08-20000
GNIS feature ID 0201738
Heich-gates I-25, I-70, I-76, I-225, I-270, US 6, US 40, US 85, US 285, US 287, CO 2, CO 26, CO 30, CO 35, CO 83, CO 88, CO 95, CO 121, CO 177, CO 265, CO 470, E-470
Wabsteid City and County of Denver
Most populous Colorado city
Second most populous Colorado county

The Ceety an Coonty o Denver (play /ˈdɛnvər/) (Arapaho: Niinéniiniicíihéhe')[11] is the lairgest ceety an the caipital o the U.S. state o Colorado. Denver is the seicont maist populous coonty in Colorado efter El Paso Coonty. Denver is a consolidatit ceety an coonty locatit in the Sooth Platte River Valley on the wastren edge o the Hie Plains juist east o the Front Range o the Rocky Muntains. The Denver dountoun destrict is locatit immediately east o the confluence o Cherry Creek wi the Sooth Platte River, aboot 12 miles (19 km) east o the fithills o the Rocky Muntains. Denver is eiknamit the Mile-Heich Ceety acause its offeecial elevation is exactly ae mile or 5,280 feet (1,609.344 m) abuin sea level.[5] The 105t meridian wast o Greenwich passes throu Union Station an is the temporal reference for the Muntain Time Zone.

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Sister ceeties [edit]

Main airticle: Sister ceeties o Denver, Colorado

Denver's relationship wi Brest, Fraunce, begoud in 1948, makkin it the seicont-auldest sister ceety in the Unitit States.[12] Syne than, Denver haes establisht relationships wi ither sister ceeties, an currently haes a total o ten pairtnerships:[13]

In addition tae thir, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (consistin o the ceety an 51 ither local govrenments) haes establisht a "sister ceety" relationship wi the Baghdad Province, ane o Iraq's aichteen provinces.[14]

Adjacent coonties an municipalities [edit]

North: Adams Coonty, Commerce City, Thornton, Westminster
Wast: Jefferson Coonty, Wheat Ridge, Lakeside, Mountain View, Edgewater, Lakewood Denver
Enclave: Arapahoe Coonty, Glendale		 Adams County
East: Aurora
Arapahoe Coonty
Sooth: Arapahoe Coonty, Bow Mar, Littleton, Sheridan, Englewood, Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, Aurora

References [edit]

  1. ↑ Claims to Fame – Geography, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007
  2. ↑ Queen City, Time (magazine), January 30, 1928, accessed April 13, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Denver: A Mile High And Climbing – Denver, Colorado", Parks & Recreation.[deid airtin]
  4. ↑ Active Colorado Municipalities. State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved on 16 November 2007. .
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Denver Facts Guide – Today. The City and County of Denver. Retrieved on 19 Mairch 2007. .
  6. ↑ Colorado Municipal Incorporations. State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives (December 1, 2004). Retrieved on 5 Dizember 2007. .
  7. ↑ "Interim Mayor Vidal to be sworn in Jan. 12", Denver Post. Retrieved on 17 Januar 2011..
  8. ↑ Elevations and Distances in the United States. United States Geological Survey (April 29, 2005). Retrieved on 22 November 2010. .
  9. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PopEstCounties
  10. ↑ ZIP Code Lookup (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service (August 18, 2007). Retrieved on 16 October 2007. .
  11. ↑ English-Arapaho dictionary. Retrieved on 23 Mey 2012. .
  12. ↑ Brest France. Denver Sister Cities International. Retrieved on 30 Mairch 2010. .
  13. ↑ Denver Sister Cities International. Retrieved on 18 Mey 2012. .
  14. ↑ Baghdad-Denver Region Partnership. Denver Regional Council of Governments. Retrieved on 18 Mey 2012. .

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