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{{Aboot|the ceety in Colorado}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Denver
|official_name = Ceety an Coonty o Denver
|nickname = The Mile-Heich Ceety<ref name=EpodunkGeography>[http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/geography.html Claims to Fame&nbsp;– Geography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224050543/http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/geography.html |date=2010-12-24 }}, [[Epodunk]], accessed April 16, 2007</ref> Queen Ceety o the Wast, Queen Ceety o the Plains,<ref name=Time1928>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737166,00.html Queen City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121011808/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737166,00.html |date=2010-11-21 }}, ''[[Time (magazine)]]'', January 30, 1928, accessed April 13, 2007.</ref> Wall Street of the West<ref>{{cite news | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1145/is_9_36/ai_78860755/ | work=Parks & Recreation | title=Denver: A Mile High And Climbing&nbsp;– Denver, Colorado | year=2001 | deadurl=yes | access-date=2012-08-01 | archive-date=2012-01-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119125043/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1145/is_9_36/ai_78860755/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|settlement_type = [[Consolidatit ceety-coonty|Ceety-coonty]]
|motto =
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|imagesize = 330px
|image_caption = Denver Skyline frae [[City Park, Denver]] 
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|flag_size = 125px
|image_seal = Seal of Denver, Colorado.svg
|seal_size = 75px
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|map_caption = Location o Denver in [[Colorado]]
|pushpin_map = USA
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Unitit States
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|subdivision_name = [[Unitit States]]
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Colorado]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Colorado municipalities#Consolidatit Ceety an Coonty|Ceety an Coonty]]
|subdivision_name2 = Denver<ref name=COMun>{{cite web|url = http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html|title = Active Colorado Municipalities|publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Local Affairs|accessdate = November 16, 2007|archive-date = 2009-12-12|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091212060308/http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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|government_type = [[Colorado municipalities#Consolidatit Ceety an Coonty|Consolidatit Ceety an Coonty]]<ref name=COMun/>
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = [[Michael Hancock (Colorado politeecian)|Michael Hancock]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])<ref name=bill>{{cite news|url = http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17003181|title = Interim Mayor Vidal to be sworn in Jan. 12|work=Denver Post|accessdate =January 17, 2011}}</ref>
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|established_title = [[plat|Foondit]]
|established_date = 22 November 1858, as Denver&nbsp;City, [[Kansas Territory|K.T.]]<ref name="denfacts" />
|established_title2 = [[municipal corporation|Incorporatit]]
|established_date2 = 11/7/1861, as Denver&nbsp;City, [[Colorado Territory|C.T.]]<ref name=MuniIncCO>{{cite web|url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html|title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations|publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives|date = December 1, 2004|accessdate =December 5, 2007}}</ref>
|established_title3 = [[consolidatit ceety-coonty|Consolidatit]]
|established_date3 = November 15, 1902, as the City&nbsp;and&nbsp;County&nbsp;of&nbsp;Denver
|named_for = [[James William Denver]]
|area_magnitude =
|unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired-->
|area_footnotes =<ref name="denfacts" />
|area_total_km2 = 401.3 <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion-->
|area_land_km2 = 397.2 <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion-->
|area_water_km2 = 4.1
|area_total_sq_mi = 154.9
|area_land_sq_mi = 153.3
|area_water_sq_mi = 1.6
|area_water_percent = 1.03
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|area_metro_sq_mi = 8414.4
|population_as_of = [[United States Census Bureau|USCB]] estimate for July 1, 2011
|population_footnotes=<ref name="PopEstCounties">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/popest/data/counties/totals/2015/files/CO-EST2015-alldata.csv|title=Annual Resident Population Estimates, Estimated Components of Resident Population Change, and Rates of the Components of Resident Population Change for States and Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015|date=July 1, 2015|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]]|work=2015 Population Estimates|accessdate=April 17, 2016}}</ref>
|population_note =
|population_total = 619968 (US: [[Ceeties an metropolitan auries o the Unitit States|23rd]])
|population_density_km2 = 1561
|population_density_sq_mi = 4044
|population_metro = 2599504 (US: [[Ceeties an metropolitan auries o the Unitit States|21st]])
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|population_blank1_title = [[Demonym]]
|population_blank1 = Denverite
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|timezone                 = [[Moontain Time Zone|MST]]
|utc_offset               = −7
|timezone_DST             = [[Moontain Time Zone|MDT]]
|utc_offset_DST           = −6
|coordinates    = {{coord|39|44|21|N|104|59|5|W|type:city(953987)_region:US-CO_source:gnis-0201738|display=inline}}
|elevation_footnotes =<ref>{{cite web|date=April 29, 2005|url=http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html|title=Elevations and Distances in the United States|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|accessdate=November 22, 2010|archive-date=2012-07-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722022527/http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|elevation_m = 1564–1731
|elevation_ft = 5130–5680
|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code = 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<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|date = August 18, 2007|url = http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp|title = ZIP Code Lookup| format = [[JavaScript]]/[[HTML]]|publisher = [[United States Postal Service]]|accessdate =October 16, 2007}}</ref>
|area_code = Baith [[Area code 303|303]] an [[Aurie code 720|720]]
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 08-20000
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS featur ID]]
|blank1_info = 0201738
|blank2_name = [[state heich-gates in Colorado|Heich-gates]]
|blank2_info = [[Interstate 25 (Colorado)|I-25]], [[Interstate 70 (Colorado)|I-70]], [[Interstate 76 (Colorado)|I-76]], [[Interstate 225 (Colorado)|I-225]], [[Interstate 270 (Colorado)|I-270]], [[U.S. Highway 6 (Colorado)|US 6]], [[U.S. Highway 40 (Colorado)|US 40]], [[U.S. Highway 85 (Colorado)|US 85]], [[U.S. Highway 285 (Colorado)|US 285]], [[U.S. Highway 287 (Colorado)|US 287]], [[Colorado State Highway 2|CO 2]], [[Colorado State Highway 26|CO 26]], [[Colorado State Highway 30|CO 30]], [[Colorado State Highway 35|CO 35]], [[Colorado State Highway 83|CO 83]], [[Colorado State Highway 88|CO 88]], [[Colorado State Highway 95|CO 95]], [[Colorado State Highway 121|CO 121]], [[Colorado State Highway 177|CO 177]], [[Colorado State Highway 265|CO 265]], [[Colorado State Highway 470|CO 470]], [[E-470]]
|website = [http://www.denvergov.org/ City and County of Denver]
|footnotes = <center><big>'''Most populous Colorado city'''</big><br /><big>'''Second most populous Colorado county'''</big></center>
}}

The '''Ceety an Coonty o Denver''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɛ|n|v|ər}}) ([[Arapaho leid|Arapaho]]: Niinéniiniicíihéhe')<ref>{{cite web
| title = English-Arapaho dictionary
| accessdate = 2012-05-23
| url = http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~arapaho/english_arapaho.html
}}</ref> 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, Colorado|El Paso Coonty]].  Denver is a [[consolidatit ceety-coonty|consolidatit ceety an coonty]] locatit in the [[Sooth Platte River|Sooth Platte River Valley]] on the wastren edge o the [[Hie Plains (Unitit States)|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 (Colorado)|Cherry Creek]] wi the [[Sooth Platte River]], aboot {{convert|12|mi|km|0|sp=us}} east o the [[fithills]] o the Rocky Muntains. Denver is [[Leet o ceety eiknames in the Unitit States|eiknamit]] the ''Mile-Heich Ceety'' acause its offeecial elevation is exactly ae mile or {{convert|5280|ft|3}} abuin sea level.<ref name="denfacts">{{cite web|url = http://www.denvergov.org/AboutDenver/today_factsguide.asp|title = Denver Facts Guide&nbsp;– Today|publisher = The City and County of Denver|accessdate = March 19, 2007|archive-date = 2007-02-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070203000000/http://www.denvergov.org/AboutDenver/today_factsguide.asp|url-status = dead}}</ref> The [[105t meridian wast|105t meridian wast o Greenwich]] passes throu [[Union Station (Denver, Colorado)|Union Station]] an is the temporal reference for the [[Moontain Time Zone]].

== Sister ceeties ==
{{Main|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.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://denversistercities.org/brest/#tab-2
|title=Brest France
|publisher=Denver Sister Cities International
|accessdate=March 30, 2010
}}</ref>  Syne than, Denver haes establisht relationships wi ither sister ceeties, an currently haes a total o ten pairtnerships:<ref>{{cite web|title=Denver Sister Cities International|url=http://denversistercities.org/|accessdate=18 May 2012}}</ref>

*[[Brest, Fraunce|Brest]], Fraunce, (1948)
*[[Takayama, Gifu|Takayama]], Japan (1960)
*[[Nairobi]], Kenyae (1975)
*[[Karmiel]], Israel (1977)
*[[Cuernavaca]], Mexico (1983)
*[[Potenza]], Italy (1983)
*[[Chennai]], Indie (1984)
*[[Kunming]], Cheenae (1985)
*[[Axum]], Ethiopie (1995)
*[[Ulan Bator]], Mongolie (2001)

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baghdad-Denver Region Partnership|url=http://www.drcog.org/index.cfm?page=InternationalPartnersforPeace|publisher=Denver Regional Council of Governments|accessdate=18 May 2012|archive-date=2012-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618125907/http://www.drcog.org/index.cfm?page=InternationalPartnersforPeace|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Adjacent coonties an municipalities ==
<!--***EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: What is a "surrounding municipality" and what is not? A line has to be drawn somewhere. This table is intended to include only those cities and towns that Denver shares a border with - the following should not change unless there is an applicable annexation or incorporation.-->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"
|-
| style="width:35%; text-align:center;"|
| style="width:30%; text-align:center;"|'''North:''' '''''[[Adams Coonty, Colorado|Adams Coonty]]''''', [[Commerce City, Colorado|Commerce City]], [[Thornton, Colorado|Thornton]], [[Westminster, Colorado|Westminster]]
| style="width:35%; text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="width:10%; text-align:center;"|'''Wast:''' '''''[[Jefferson Coonty, Colorado|Jefferson Coonty]]''''', [[Wheat Ridge, Colorado|Wheat Ridge]], [[Lakeside, Colorado|Lakeside]], [[Mountain View, Colorado|Mountain View]], [[Edgewater, Colorado|Edgewater]], [[Lakewood, Colorado|Lakewood]]
| style="width:35%; text-align:center;"|'''Denver'''<br />'''Enclave:''' '''''[[Arapahoe Coonty, Colorado|Arapahoe Coonty]]''''', [[Glendale, Colorado|Glendale]]
| style="width:30%; text-align:center;"|'''''[[Adams Coonty, Colorado|Adams Coonty]]'''''<br />'''East:''' [[Aurora, Colorado|Aurora]]<br />'''''[[Arapahoe Coonty, Colorado|Arapahoe Coonty]]'''''
|-
| style="width:35%; text-align:center;"|
| style="width:30%; text-align:center;"|'''Sooth:''' '''''[[Arapahoe Coonty, Colorado|Arapahoe Coonty]]''''', [[Bow Mar, Colorado|Bow Mar]], [[Littleton, Colorado|Littleton]], [[Sheridan, Colorado|Sheridan]], [[Englewood, Colorado|Englewood]], [[Cherry Hills Village, Colorado|Cherry Hills Village]], [[Greenwood Village, Colorado|Greenwood Village]], [[Aurora, Colorado|Aurora]]
| style="width:35%; text-align:center;"|
|}

== References ==
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== Fremmit airtins ==
* [http://www.denvergov.org/ Ceety an Coonty o Denver wabsteid]

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